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F-35 Program Announces First Technology Refresh-3 Flight

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, January 10th, 2023

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F-35 Program Announces First Technology Refresh-3 Flight

An F-35A, flies for the first time with the TR-3 configuration above the Mojave Desert in California on January 6 (Courtesy Photo: F-35 Joint Program Office)

A developmental test team from the 461st Flight Test Squadron at Edwards AFB, Calif., flew the Technology Refresh-3 (TR-3) configuration of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter for the first time on Jan. 6, the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said on Jan. 10. The F-35 JPO said that U.S. Air Force Maj. Ryan “BOLO” Luersen piloted tail number AF-7, "a specially instrumented flight test aircraft and the first with TR-3 upgrades installed." "He executed a functional check flight (FCF)…

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