Lockheed Martin rolls out first F-35A for Belgium

Lockheed Martin formally presented the first F-35A Lightning II for Belgium to representatives from the Belgian government during a rollout ceremony at the company’s F-35 production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, on December 10. The aircraft (FL-001/AY-01) is the first of 34 examples of the conventional take-off and landing (CTOL)-configured F-35A to be rolled out for the Belgian Air Force (BAF), which will use the fifth-generation multi-role stealth fighter to replace its ageing F-16AM/BM (MLU) Fighting Falcon fleet. Belgium’s first