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LM F-35 fighter aircraft: US Marine Corps asks US Air Force for training

Eglin, USA - "Transition process could be difficult"

The US Marine Corps reported it hopes to leverage the US Air Force's experience with the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor to develop concepts of operations for its Lockheed F-35B Joint Strike Fighter. The USMC has begun training its first F-35B pilots who are not test pilots. The USMC, having anticipated that the transition to the fifth-generation F-35B could be difficult, asked the USAF to allow its...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1143650
Rome, Italy, 07/20/2012 17:27
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