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Japan's first F-35A makes first flight
The first Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A successfully completed its maiden flight August 24, 2016. The flight was piloted by Lockheed Martin’s F-35 test pilot Paul Hattendorf.
Japan is on record to purchase 42 F-35A conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) aircraft, acquired through the US Government’s foreign military sales programme. The first four aircraft are in assembly in Fort Worth and are anticipated to be delivered before the end of 2016.
The remaining 38 aircraft will be assembled at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries final assembly and check-out facility in Nagoya, Japan. Aircraft assembly is also underway at the Nagoya facility. Maintenance training for the first Japan maintainers has already begun at Eglin AFB, Florida, and training of the first JASDF F-35 pilots will begin at Luke AFB, Arizona, in November 2016.
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