The F-35 Program Gets a Major Boost in Italy

The first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter assembled outside the U.S. made its inaugural flight on Monday. taly’s conventional takeoff and landing aircraft, dubbed the AL-1, is the first such jet built overseas. All previous F-35 aircraft have been built at Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth production hub in Texas. The Italian F-35A/AL-1 successfully completed an 88-minute flight out of Cameri Air Base, about 60 miles north of Turin.

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