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Marine test pilot makes first F-35B night landing at sea August 15, 2013 — A key milestone on the path to declaring F-35B initial operating capability for the U.S. Marine Corps is underway.The F-35 Integrated Test Force from NAS Patuxent River, Md. embarked USS Wasp, Aug. 12, for the second at-sea test of the F-35B Lightning II, the short takeoff and vertical landing variant of the Joint Strike Fighter.Developmental Test MORE

Marines' F-35B operational in 2015 May 31, 2013 — The Marine Corps declared that it would reachinitial operating capability of the F-35B by December 2015 in a jointletter sent to Congress May 31.The Corps' is currently on schedule to reach IOC in the F-35B in Decemberof 2015. The expeditionary, crisis response force requirements for thismilestone include an operational squadron with at least 10 MORE

F-35B celebrates one year at Eglin May 29, 2013 — The Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501 celebrated the one-year anniversary of flying the F-35B Lightning II here Wednesday, May 22, by continuing to train up the pilots and maintainers on the nation's newest fifth-generation fighter."This is a once in a lifetime chance to get to write the first chapter in a story that will last 50 years MORE

F-35B conducts first night time vertical landing April 8, 2013 — An F-35B Lightning II completed the first short takeoff and vertical landing during a test mission at night to expand the flight envelope and deliver capability to the warfighter.Marine Corps test pilot Maj. C.R. Clift conducted the flight, April 2, to gather data on the helmet and lighting conditions for nighttime operations.The test was one of a MORE

Marine Corps’ first operational F-35B conducts initial Vertical Landing March 22, 2013 — Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 watched in amazement and satisfaction as the Corps’ first operational F-35B Lightning II squadron conducted its first Short Take Off, Vertical Landing operations aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. March 21, 2013.Maj. Richard Rusnok, an F-35B Lightning II test pilot, conducted VMFA-121’s first short MORE

F-35B completes first airborne engine start tests September 5, 2012 — The short take-off and vertical landing variant of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter successfully completed a major prerequisite test for in-flight performance Aug. 15.BF-2 completed the first air starts, which test the ability of the F-35?s propulsion system to restart during flight. Verifying the restart capability of the propulsion MORE

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