The F-35 fleet has flown more than 15,000 flight hours. (Lockheed Martin)
Lockheed Martin has announced that the F-35 Lightning II fleet recently passed the 15,000 flying hours milestone.
The F-35’s prime contractor says as of April 7 operational F-35s had flown a total of 8,050 flight hours, while SDD development aircraft had accrued 7.123 flights hours.
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“In another clear sign of program maturation, reliability metrics are trending upward as the operations tempo picks up and recently, 60 F-35 sorties were flown in one day,” said J.D. McFarlan, Lockheed Martin’s vice president for F-35 Test & Verification.
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paul davis
says:And can’t even do one pass at an airshow.Yep right on track.