Current as of December 11, 2012
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F-35 Lightning II Program Status and Fast Facts
December 11, 2012
Program Status
Cumulative (SDD & LRIP) flight test activity totals for 2012 as of December 5, are provided below:
o F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) jets have flown 869 times.
o F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft have completed 855 flights.
o F-35C carrier variant (CV) jets have flown 234 times.
Since December 2006, F-35s have flown 3,543 times and accrued more than 5,556 cumulative flight hours. This total includes 91 flights from the original test aircraft, AA-1; 2,539 SDD test flights; and 913 production-model flights. For video highlights of the F-35 program, click here.
On November 3, CF-2 flew an HMD Jitter FTR mission completing first pilot evaluation.
On November 6, F-35 fleet flew 19 flights for the 4th time: 2 EDW, 2 PAX, 3 FTW and 12 Eglin.
On November 14, during setup for a 45,000 ft test point, AF-4 flew to 50,000 ft, the design altitude limit. This is the first time F-35 has flown to 50K.
On November 15, the first weapon pit drop from an F-35C was conducted dropping a 2,000 lb GBU-31 from CF-2.
On November 15, the 33rd Fighter Wing completed the training and flying portion of the F-35A’s operational utility evaluation at Eglin AFB.
On November 19, AF-4 flew high AOA at 45 and 50 degrees.
On November 20, Lockheed Martin delivered three F-35Bs to the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma.
On November 20, F-35 began the integration phase of weapons testing.
On November 20 & 28, CF-2 performed AIM-120, GBU-12 and GBU-31 pit drops completing CV Block 2B weapons pit drop testing.
On November 30, BF-1 accomplished the longest duration F-35 hover at 10 minutes.
On December 3, BF-3 completed the first F-35 airborne GBU-12 separation test.
On December 3, BF-1 accomplished its 200th vertical landing at PAX and completed maximum weight hover, vertical landing and 90 degree translation on December 6.
On December 4, AF-4 flew the first F-35 High AoA intentional departure mission at EDW.
On December 4, AF-7 flew the first of three Logistics Training and Evaluation (LTE) missions to support ALIS 1.0.3 A3.2 certification.
On December 6, BF-4 flew the first STOVL mode night ops, including night hover.
On December 7, BF-1 flew the 1000th STOVL SDD Flight (includes BF-17 and BF-18).
F-35 Fleet Status
F-35 Deliveries
41 F-35s have been delivered to the Department of Defense:
o 12 System Development and Demonstration (SDD) aircraft
o 29 Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) aircraft, including two international F-35s
System Development and Demonstration (SDD) Fleet
14 F-35s comprise the SDD test fleet. There are six F-35As assigned to Edwards AFB, Calif., and five F-35Bs along with three F-35Cs stationed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Aircraft
There are 22 LRIP F-35s based at Eglin AFB, Fla.
There are 2 LRIP F-35s based at PAX River NAS, Maryland.
There are 2 LRIP F-35s based at Edwards AFB, Calif.
There are 3 LRIP F-35s based at MCAS Yuma, Ariz.
There are 7 LRIP F-35s undergoing checkout flights at the F-35 production facility in Fort Worth, Texas.
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