20th Eglin training F-35 delivered

Deliveries of the F-35 to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida have reached the 20 unit mark with the delivery of F-35B BF-15 on September 27.

BF-15 is assigned to the 2^nd Marine Air Wing’s VMFAT-501 squadron, within the 33^rd Fighter Wing at Eglin, which will use the aircraft for pilot and maintainer training. The jet, the 14^th to be delivered to Eglin in 2012, was piloted on its 90 minute delivery flight from Fort Worth by USMC Major Mike Rountree.