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| The F-35 flight test program completed a record seven flights in one day on 29 March 2011. Four of the flights occurred at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, where F-35B BF-1 completed two flights and BF-2 and CF-1 completed one flight each. Three more occurred at Edwards AFB, California, where F-35A AF-1, AF-2, and AF-3 completed one flight each. AF-1’s mission, its 109th, was the longest of the seven flights at 3.1 hours. |
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| USAF Maj. Matthew Hayden is at the controls for the third flight of AF-7 for the first government acceptance flight of an F-35A on 28 March 2011. The 1.1-hour flight originated from NAS Fort Worth JRB. After government acceptance, AF-7 will head to Edwards AFB, California, to support development testing. |
