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Dutch F-35 flight flies for first time

Maj. Laurens Vijge, a Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot, makes adjustments while in the seat of an F-35A Lightning II prior to his first flight in the aircraft Dec. 18 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Vijge became the first RNLAF pilot to fly the joint strike fighter and the flight marks the first sortie for the RNLAF here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Dutch F-35 flight flies for first time

Maj. Laurens Vijge, a Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot, climbs into the seat of an F-35A Lightning II for his first flight in the aircraft Dec. 18 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Vijge became the first RNLAF pilot to fly the joint strike fighter and the flight marks the first sortie for the RNLAF here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Dutch F-35 flight flies for first time

Maj. Laurens Vijge, Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot, examines the wheel of an F-35A Lightning II with a Lockheed Martin maintainer during a preflight check Dec. 18 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Vijge became the first RNLAF pilot to fly the joint strike fighter and the flight marks the first sortie for the RNLAF here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Dutch F-35 flight flies for first time

Maj. Laurens Vijge and Lt. Col. Albert De Smit, of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, walk out to the F-35A Lightning II prior to Vilge’s first flight in the aircraft Dec. 18 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Vijge became the first RNLAF pilot to fly the joint strike fighter and the flight marks the first sortie for the RNLAF here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Dutch F-35 flight flies for first time

Maj. Laurens Vijge, a Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot, and Lt. Col. Matt Renbarger, the 58th Fighter Squadron commander, receive their preflight briefing Dec. 18 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Vijge became the first RNLAF pilot to fly the F-35A Lightning II and marks the first flight for RNLAF here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Dutch F-35 flight flies for first time

Maj. Laurens Vijge, a Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot, dresses in his life support equipment prior to his first flight in the F-35A Lightning II Dec. 18 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Vijge became the first RNLAF pilot to fly the joint strike fighter and the flight marks the first sortie for the RNLAF here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Dutch F-35 flight flies for first time

Maj. Laurens Vijge, a Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot, gets fit tested for his helmet mounted display for the F-35A Lightning II Dec. 11 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. On Dec. 18, Vijge became the first RNLAF pilot to fly the joint strike fighter and the flight marks the first sortie for the RNLAF here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nicholas Egebrecht)

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New sortie record for Eglin F-35s

Three United Kingdom F-35 Lightning IIs fly with a Marine Corps F-35B through the cloudy skies over Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 4. The joint-program reached a new single-day record for F-35 sorties Dec. 4 with 45 training missions between all three models of the aircraft. The Marine B-model completed 32 of the flights, the Air Force A-model had 10 flights and the Navy C-model flew three missions. (Courtesy photo/Andy Poulastides)

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New sortie record for Eglin F-35s

A Marine F-35B Lightning II breaks left out of a formation flight with United Kingdom F-35B aircraft over Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 4. The joint-program reached a new single-day record for F-35 sorties Dec. 4 with 45 training missions between all three models of the aircraft. The Marine B-model completed 32 of the flights, the Air Force A-model had 10 flights and the Navy C-model flew three missions. (Courtesy photo/Andy Poulastides)

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First F-35 STOVL flight at Eglin

A Marine F-35B joint strike fighter hovers over the runway during the first short take-off and vertical landing mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 25. The milestone training mission was flown by Maj. Brendan M. Walsh, of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501. Walsh recently qualified in vertical landing operations at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. in preparation for this mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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First F-35 STOVL flight at Eglin

A Marine F-35B joint strike fighter hovers over the runway during the first short take-off and vertical landing mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 25. The milestone training mission was flown by Maj. Brendan M. Walsh, of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501. Walsh recently qualified in vertical landing operations at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. in preparation for this mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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First F-35 STOVL flight at Eglin

A Marine F-35B joint strike fighter hovers over the runway during the first short take-off and vertical landing mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 25. The milestone training mission was flown by Maj. Brendan M. Walsh, of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501. Walsh recently qualified in vertical landing operations at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. in preparation for this mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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First F-35 STOVL flight at Eglin

A Marine F-35B joint strike fighter hovers over the runway during the first short take-off and vertical landing mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 25. The milestone training mission was flown by Maj. Brendan M. Walsh, of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501. Walsh recently qualified in vertical landing operations at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. in preparation for this mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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First F-35 STOVL flight at Eglin

A Marine F-35B joint strike fighter lifts off from the runway during the first short take-off and vertical landing mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 25. The milestone training mission was flown by Maj. Brendan M. Walsh, of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501. Walsh recently qualified in vertical landing operations at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. in preparation for this mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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First F-35 STOVL flight at Eglin

A Marine F-35B joint strike fighter lifts off from the runway during the first short take-off and vertical landing mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 25. The milestone training mission was flown by Maj. Brendan M. Walsh, of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501. Walsh recently qualified in vertical landing operations at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. in preparation for this mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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First F-35 STOVL flight at Eglin

A Marine F-35B joint strike fighter lifts off from the runway during the first short take-off and vertical landing mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 25. The milestone training mission was flown by Maj. Brendan M. Walsh, of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501. Walsh recently qualified in vertical landing operations at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. in preparation for this mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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First F-35 STOVL flight at Eglin

A Marine F-35B joint strike fighter makes an approach to the runway during the first short take-off and vertical landing mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 25. The milestone training mission was flown by Maj. Brendan M. Walsh, of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501.Walsh recently qualified in vertical landing operations at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. in preparation for this mission.(U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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First F-35 STOVL flight at Eglin

A Marine F-35B joint strike fighter makes an approach to the runway during the first short take-off and vertical landing mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 25. The milestone training mission was flown by Maj. Brendan M. Walsh, of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501.Walsh recently qualified in vertical landing operations at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. in preparation for this mission.(U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Navy rolls out F-35C

Lorraine Martin, Lockheed Martin Executive Vice President and General Manager of the F-35 Program; Navy Vice Adm. David Buss, Commander, Naval Air Forces; Navy Adm. William Gortney, Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Navy Cmdr. Steven Orren were keynote speakers at the Navy's F-35C rollout ceremony Oct. 1 at the Navy's VFA-101 hangar, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (Courtesy Photo/Lockheed Martin)

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Hot pits

An Air Force F-35A Lightning II pilot from the 58th Fighter Squadron takes a momentary breather while his aircraft is being refueled a hot pit session on the 33rd Fighter Wing flightline at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Airmen, Marines and Sailors are refueling their F-35 variants for multiple sorties via 96th Test Wing fuel trucks while construction is completed on the 33rd’s hot pit area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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