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F-35 Program Fields First Sets of New Logistics Information Hardware

F-35 Program Fields First Sets of New Logistics Information Hardware
U.S. Air Force Capt. Kristin "BEO" Wolfe, the F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team pilot, prepares for launch during a practice flight at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. on Feb. 29, 2020. Wolfe now leads the F-35 demonstration team as a major. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Between last July and this month, the F-35 program and Lockheed Martin [LMT] fielded the first 14 sets of new, unclassified logistics information hardware, the Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN) base kit (OBK), for F-35 operational squadrons, the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said on Jan. 31. The installations of the Lockheed Martin-designed OBK came at a dozen locations, the JPO said: Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif.; Nellis AFB, Nev.; Hill AFB, Utah; Eielson AFB, Alaska; Marine Corps Air Station…

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