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Fighter jet completes first test


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Source: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20 ... 02,00.html

 

THE Pentagon's costliest acquisition project, the F-35 Lightning 2 Joint Strike Fighter, safely completed its first test flight today, advancing a $US276.5 billion ($353.83 billion) program co-financed by the United States and eight nations."Aircraft has landed safely" after a test flight in Texas of about 40 minutes, said Tom Jurkowsky, a spokesman for Lockheed Martin Corp, which is developing three models of the radar-evading, multi-role fighter jet in an international cooperation effort.

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