Photo Gallery: F-35’s First Night Flights -- Defense Tech
As the Marine Corps F-35B short take-off and vertical landing version of the Joint Strike Fighter comes off ‘probation” today, we thought we’d give you these pics of the A-model of jet making the JSF’s first ever night flights two nights ago.
The pics show an an F-35A with a Lockheed test pilot at the helm making its first night (more like dusk) flight out of Edwards Air Force Base in California on Wednesday night. The jet took off at 5:05 PM and landed a little after sunset at 6:20 pm, according to Lockheed.
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My Comment: The pictures are impressive.
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