The Air Force activates the 570th Strategic Missile Squadron, the first Titan II unit, at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
It'll take up to 18 months for Lockheed Martin to deliver the 100 or so F-35s that went directly from production line to storage, awaiting the completion of Tech Refresh 3 testing. Customers haven't complained about the order in which the backlog is being delivered.