Two milestones at Luke AFB for the Royal Norwegian Air Force. The first two Norwegian F-35s arrived at Luke from the Lockheed Plant in TX to begin being used for training. On the same day, the first Norwegian F-35 student pilot at Luke flew his initial mission in the seat of a jet. Both events took place on Nov 10th, the Norwegian Air Force's birthday.<br /><br />The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions. It is also able to provide electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. <br /><br /><br />0:34 / 1:06<br />#military #aircraft #aviation<br />Lockheed Martin • F-35 Lightning II • International Partner Training Program<br />28 views•11 Aug 2020<br /><br />2<br /><br />0<br /><br />SHARE<br /><br />SAVE<br /><br /><br />The Military Channel<br /><br />Two milestones at Luke AFB for the Royal Norwegian Air Force. The first two Norwegian F-35s arrived at Luke from the Lockheed Plant in TX to begin being used for training. On the same day, the first Norwegian F-35 student pilot at Luke flew his initial mission in the seat of a jet. Both events took place on Nov 10th, the Norwegian Air Force's birthday.<br /><br />The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions. It is also able to provide electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. <br /><br />Unit cost: F-35A: US$77.9M (lot 14); F-35B: US$101.3M (lot 14); F-35C: US$94.4M (lot 14)<br />Number built: 535+ as of July 2020<br />Developed from: Lockheed Martin X-35<br />First flight: 15 December 2006; 13 years ago (F-35A)<br />Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics<br />Produced: 2006–present<br />Status: In service<br />• •<br />Please Subscribe to our Military Channel here : http://bit.ly/2ZnCyDE<br /><br />-----------------------<br />#military #aircraft #aviation<br /><br />Military Channel promotes Video Content under the rules of “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching and research. Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976.<br /><br />"The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement."<br /><br />-----------------------<br /><br />Credit to : Airman Jenna Bigham and Tech. Sgt. Michael Jackson<br />56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
