Edwards Air Force Base The Center Of The Aerospace Testing Universe

Left to right, AF-02 and AF-01, F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters, fly over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., prior to their landing the afternoon of May 17. (Official U.S. Air Force photograph)

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Under cloudy skies and brisk winds, a croud of approximately 200 Joint Strike Fighter project members, family members and visitors gathered as two F-35A Lightning II stealth Joint Strike Fighters arrived at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., the afternoon of May 17. The two F-35s will call Edwards their home and be joined by other F-35s in the future. Here, AF-02, piloted by Mr. John Beasley, Lockhead-Martin chief test pilot, touches down on Runway 22 Left at Edwards. The two aircraft are assigned to 412th Flight Test Wing, 461st Flight Test Squadron. (Official U.S. Air Force photograph)

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Left to right, Lt. Col Hank Griffiths, 461st Flight Test Squadron commander, and pilot of AF-01 during its flight from Ft. Worth, Texas to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., is greeted by Maj.Gen David Eichhorn, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, retired Air Force Maj.Gen. Doug Pearson, Lockheed Martin vice president of F-35 test and verification and Col. William Thornton, 412th Test Wing commander on his arrival at Edwards May 17. AF-01 and AF-02, F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters, will call Edwards their new home. (Official U.S. Air Force photograph)

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Left to right, AF-02 takes on aviation fuel from an Edwards-based KC-135 tanker somewhere between Ft. Worth, Texas and Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., the afternoon of May 17. AF-01 stands by to conduct mid-air refueling as the two F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters are enroute to their new home at Edwards. (Official U.S. Air Force photograph)

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F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters Arrive at Edwards

Published May 18, 2010
By Stephen K. Robinson
95th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Office

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --