An F-35A from Eglin Air Force Base, top, flies with an F-22 from Tyndall Air Force Base over Brooks Bridge in Fort Walton Beach on Wednesday. MASTER SGT. JEREMY LOCK / Special to the Daily News
F-35 And F-22 Fly Together For The First Time (SLIDESHOW) -- NWF Daily News
EGLIN AFB — The world’s first two fifth generation fighter jets, the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II, flew together for the first time anywhere Wednesday morning.
The sortie, which lasted about an hour and a half, was part of a continued partnership between Eglin Air Force Base and Tyndall Air Force Base.
Lt. Col. Lee Kloos, commander of the 58th Fighter Squadron at the 33rd Fighter Wing, took off in his F-35A variant from Eglin first. He met up with Col. Charles Corcoran, commander with the 325th Operations Group, who flew in an F-22 Raptor from the 43rd Fighter Squadron, at Tyndall’s Compass Lake airspace north of the base.
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WNU Editor: The slideshow starts here. On another matter ... one wonders if this is how the F-35 is being built?
Hat Tip: Eric Palmer Blog
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