USAF Says Aircraft's Primary Mission Is 'Envelope Expansion'
AF-2, the second production F-35 Lightning II for the Air Force, became the first F-35 to reach 1,000 flight hours June 11. Paul Hattendorf, a Lockheed Martin test pilot, was flying an airframe loads envelope expansion mission when the fighter reached the milestone.
ScanEagle, First Of The Service's Unmanned Aircraft, Flies From HMS Somerset
Just 7 months after the Ministry of Defense ordered the system from Boeing Defence UK, footage released June 22, shows a ScanEagle UAV taking flight from HMS Somerset in the Gulf.
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