UK Accepts Delivery Of First Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Fighter Jet(01 of07)
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FORT WORTH, TX - JULY 19: A general view during the United Kingdom F-35 Lightning II Delivery Ceremony on July 19, 2012 at Lockheed Martin Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas. The ceremony marked the first international delivery of an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to a partner nation. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
UK Accepts Delivery Of First Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Fighter Jet(02 of07)
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FORT WORTH, TX - JULY 19: A general view during the United Kingdom F-35 Lightning II Delivery Ceremony on July 19, 2012 at Lockheed Martin Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas. The ceremony marked the first international delivery of an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to a partner nation. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
UK Accepts Delivery Of First Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Fighter Jet(03 of07)
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FORT WORTH, TX - JULY 19: British Air Marshall Sir Kevin Leeson (L) talks with British Secretary of State for Defense Philip Hammond (R) during the United Kingdom F-35 Lightning II Delivery Ceremony on July 19, 2012 at Lockheed Martin Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas. The ceremony marked the first international delivery of an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to a partner nation. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Lockheed Martin Awarded DOD Contract(04 of07)
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396515 04: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) speaks in front of a Joint Strike Fighter on October 26, 2001 at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, TX. Lockheed Martin received a contract to build the Joint Strike Fighter from the government, which is the largest aviation contract in U.S. history (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
F-35B Lightning II First Landing(05 of07)
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AT SEA - OCTOBER 3: In this handout image provided by the U.S. Navy, an F-35B Lightning II makes the first vertical landing on a flight deck at sea aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp on October 3, 2011 in the Atlantic Ocean. The F-35B is the Marine Corps Joint Strike Force variant of the Joint Strike Fighter and is designed for short takeoff and vertical landing on Navy amphibious ships. (Photo by Natasha R. Chalk/U.S. Navy via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
F-35B Lightning II First Landing(06 of07)
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AT SEA - OCTOBER 3: In this handout image provided by the U.S. Navy, an F-35B Lightning II makes the first vertical landing on a flight deck at sea aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp on October 3, 2011 in the Atlantic Ocean. The F-35B is the Marine Corps Joint Strike Force variant of the Joint Strike Fighter and is designed for short takeoff and vertical landing on Navy amphibious ships. (Photo by Natasha R. Chalk/U.S. Navy via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
F-35B Lightning II First Landing(07 of07)
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AT SEA - OCTOBER 3: In this handout image provided by the U.S. Navy, an F-35B Lightning II makes the first vertical landing on a flight deck at sea aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp on October 3, 2011 in the Atlantic Ocean. The F-35B is the Marine Corps Joint Strike Force variant of the Joint Strike Fighter and is designed for short takeoff and vertical landing on Navy amphibious ships. (Photo by Natasha R. Chalk/U.S. Navy via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)