Fort Worth, Texas - It was wheels up Wednesday morning for Lockheed Martin's second F-35A Lightning II production jet delivery in a week. Maj. Joseph T. "OD" Bachmann (Marine Corps) piloted the aircraft, known as AF-8, to Eglin Air Force Base where it arrived at 11:50 a.m. CDT. AF-8 joins AF-9 which Lockheed Martin delivered to the 33rd Fighter Wing last Thursday. The jets will be used for training F-35 pilots and maintainers who are slated to begin course work at the base's new F-35 Integrated Training Center this fall. AF-8 is the eighth F-35 to be delivered in 2011.I simply posted the pic and moved on.
Big mistake.
Production on the F-35 has ramped up, the school house is built and fully staffed, the Marine Corps is already planning for early IOC and the critics are left whimpering in a corner.
This already has been a great week for the F-35.
