RNoAF F-35A deliveries and runway tests

Maj Jonathan ‘Spades’ Gilbert, US Air Force F-35 test pilot, demonstrates the handling qualities of the F-35A during icy runway ground runs at Eielson AFB, Alaska. This is part of the certification process for the drag chute requested by the Norwegian government. Lockheed Martin THE FIRST three F-35As for the Royal Norwegian Air Force touched down at Ørland flystasjon on November 3, 2017. The Lightning IIs had departed Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, Texas facility at 0635hrs Norwegian time the same