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Re: F-35 Lightning II developments

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Some more news. Israeli '933' is confirmed as '5433' meaning 18-5433. So these jets will be 18-5433 till 18-5438. This also means there is a 12 airframe gap between Turkey and Israel (how conveniant). Not confirmed yet, but this most probably means the South Korean jets are 18-5421 till 18-5432.

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First flight AF-243 (18-5352/AK) destined for the 354 FW, 356 FS on May 29th, 2020.

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Bjorn wrote:Some more news. Israeli '933' is confirmed as '5433' meaning 18-5433. So these jets will be 18-5433 till 18-5438. This also means there is a 12 airframe gap between Turkey and Israel (how conveniant). Not confirmed yet, but this most probably means the South Korean jets are 18-5421 till 18-5432.
Greets,
933 made another flight, this time ok.
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=149 ... 5023712644
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Have there been any reports of which F-35A was written off at Eglin not long ago? Thanks.
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Delivery of AF-244 (18-5353/WA) to Nellis AFB, June 4, 2020.

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Delivery of F-35's to Eielson, AK today but unfortunately I Was not there to witness. Too hot today. But confirmed to be the ex Turkish jets AT-07 and AT-08. Tanker support was Adobe 01 KC-135R 57-1419 AZ ANG.

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tally wrote:Delivery of F-35's to Eielson, AK today but unfortunately I Was not there to witness. Too hot today. But confirmed to be the ex Turkish jets AT-07 and AT-08. Tanker support was Adobe 01 KC-135R 57-1419 AZ ANG.

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I thought they were for Luke and the 61st FS? Guess they changed their minds!
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JCC140965 wrote:
tally wrote:Delivery of F-35's to Eielson, AK today but unfortunately I Was not there to witness. Too hot today. But confirmed to be the ex Turkish jets AT-07 and AT-08. Tanker support was Adobe 01 KC-135R 57-1419 AZ ANG.

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I thought they were for Luke and the 61st FS? Guess they changed their minds!


Read the text carefully
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JCC140965 wrote:
tally wrote:Delivery of F-35's to Eielson, AK today but unfortunately I Was not there to witness. Too hot today. But confirmed to be the ex Turkish jets AT-07 and AT-08. Tanker support was Adobe 01 KC-135R 57-1419 AZ ANG.

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I thought they were for Luke and the 61st FS? Guess they changed their minds!

Yeah, I guess they need them at Eielson more than at Luke.

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The design of Denmark's new fighter aircraft is ready
Another step has been taken towards Denmark receiving the first F-35 fighter aircraft in 2021.


https://www2.forsvaret.dk/nyheder/natio ... maling.pdf
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nice to see that not all F-35A's will have low-vis markings.
should make visual identification easier, hope Belgium will do the same.
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[quote="Starfighter_F-104G"]The design of Denmark's new fighter aircraft is ready
Another step has been taken towards Denmark receiving the first F-35 fighter aircraft in 2021.

Is 19-5530 the real no. for L-012 !? :)
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I'm a bit surprised that, like the Dutch, the Danish air Force use serials not direct related to the Usaf serial.or c/n as they used to do (F-16, F-100 etc).
And I know the c/n is Ax-01 etc. But still in this case an digit is added.
Any one knows the reason?
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Typhoon3030 wrote:
Starfighter_F-104G wrote:The design of Denmark's new fighter aircraft is ready
Another step has been taken towards Denmark receiving the first F-35 fighter aircraft in 2021.

Is 19-5530 the real no. for L-012 !? :)
The Danish presentation mentions - thanks Google Translate -
"the correct number for flight numbers has not yet been determined"
also, USAF buno 'example' so we'll have to wait
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On the F-16 they marked USAF serials under the tail flag
See here on this F-16BM ET-022 the USAF serial 87-0022
https://www.airteamimages.com/general-d ... large.html
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