The first production version F-35A, dubbed AF-6, makes its first flight. AF-6 flew for one hour out of Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, Tex., production facility.
When the Air Force sets a new program baseline for the B-52 re-engining this fall, there will be “some” cost increase, because the project wasn't previously fully funded, and the Air Force has a better handle on actual supplier costs and knowledge from ground testing, program officials said.