F-35 Lightning

It’s now operational! The F-35 Lightning has completed the most comprehensive test program for the largest defense procurement buy in history. With over 9,000 test flights completed, the F-35 is the most lethal, most capable, most connected fighter ever built.

The F-35 program has accomplished the final developmental test flight of the System Design and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the program. The developmental flight test program has conducted more than 9,200 sorties, accumulated over 17,000 flight hours, and executed more than 65,000 test points to verify the design, durability, software, sensors, weapons capability and performance for all three F-35 variants.