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First Production-Model JSF. The Air Force accepts the first of a planned 1,763 production-model F-35A Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. The signing of formal acceptance documents for the jet, known as AF-7, took place at Lockheed Martin’s F-35 final assembly plant in Fort Worth, Texas, May 5. The jet flew to Edwards AFB, Calif., to begin its flight testing program. “This first aircraft is the beginning of the modernization of U.S. Air Force, Marine and Naval Air power and for our coalition…

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