Air Force announce candidate bases for joint strike fighter

[GOOSE]

Air Force officials here announced the list of candidate locations Oct. 29 for basing the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter.

The list of candidate bases was approved by the secretary and chief of staff of the Air Force and identifies the first group of bases to be considered for joint strike fighter basing decisions. The selection of these bases signifies the determination of Air Force officials that these locations have the greatest potential to accommodate the F-35 training or operational mission.

Eleven bases have been selected as candidate bases and include for training: Boise Air Terminal Air Guard Station, Idaho; Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; Holloman AFB N.M.; Luke AFB, Ariz.; and Tucson International Airport Air Guard Station, Ariz. The six bases selected as candidate bases for operations are: Burlington International Airport Guard Station, Vt.; Hill AFB, Utah; Jacksonville International Airport Air Guard Station, Fla.; Mountain Home AFB, Idaho; Shaw AFB, S.C.; and McEntire Air Guard Base, S.C.

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[benyboy]

I am sure you guys talked about this long before I joined the forum but I only found out a few days ago that there is an F35 at (BAE) Brough, East Yorkshire.
I attended a talk in aid of BAE charities by one of the engineers working there. The whole talk was very interesting but I was suprised to here about the F35.
Some information about its journey to Brough and its structural tests here -

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An F35 just down the road since April, I never knew.

Ben

[keldsyke]

I am sure you guys talked about this long before I joined the forum but I only found out a few days ago that there is an F35 at (BAE) Brough, East Yorkshire.
I attended a talk in aid of BAE charities by one of the engineers working there. The whole talk was very interesting but I was suprised to here about the F35.
Some information about its journey to Brough and its structural tests here -

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/pres ... 1_bae.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

An F35 just down the road since April, I never knew.

Ben

I think there was a picture of it in .... ( forgot the name of the magazine ) coming off the boat at Hull.