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First Polish F-35 built at Cameri's FACO has flown

The first Polish F-35s to be built at Cameri's Final Assembly Check Out facility in Italy has conducted its first functional ...

The F-35A flight test that could cut years off every allied weapons certification cycle

The stealth fighter gets more lethal thanks to joint defense.
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F-35 Conducts B61-12 Stockpile Flight Tests

The F-35 Lightning II was used in August 2025 to successfully evaluate three B61-12 test assets during a multi-day test campaign. Sandia National Laboratories and the National Nuclear Security ...
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US F-35A test dropped inert B61 nuclear bombs in August

US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters have completed integration tests with inert B61-12 nuclear gravity bombs, proving the stealth jet’s “dual capable” status of being able to deliver ...
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US Air Force receives F-35A instrumented for flight-test work

The US Air Force (USAF) has taken delivery of a Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter that will be employed for testing software updates and new weapons. The “new specially instrumented F-35A” will join the ...
Aviation Week

Power failure cuts F-35 test flight short

FORT WORTH, Texas - A loss of primary electrical power in the first, preproduction F-35A Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) forced its pilot to cut short its 19th test flight. On May 3 test pilot Jeff Knowles ...
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Finland’s First F-35 Conducts Maiden Flight

The Finnish Air Force’s first F-35 conducted its first flight on Dec. 8, ahead of the official rollout ceremony next week. The Finnish Air Force has announced the maiden flight of its first F-35A ...