Two milestones at Luke AFB for the Royal Norwegian Air Force. The first two Norwegian F-35s arrived at Luke from the Lockheed Plant in TX to begin being used for training. On the same day, the first Norwegian F-35 student pilot at Luke flew his initial mission in the seat of a jet. Both events took place on Nov 10th, the Norwegian Air Force's birthday.br br The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions. It is also able to provide electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. br br br 0:34 1:06br #military #aircraft #aviationbr Lockheed Martin • F-35 Lightning II • International Partner Training Programbr 28 views•11 Aug 2020br br 2br br 0br br SHAREbr br SAVEbr br br The Military Channelbr br Two milestones at Luke AFB for the Royal Norwegian Air Force. The first two Norwegian F-35s arrived at Luke from the Lockheed Plant in TX to begin being used for training. On the same day, the first Norwegian F-35 student pilot at Luke flew his initial mission in the seat of a jet. Both events took place on Nov 10th, the Norwegian Air Force's birthday.br br The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions. It is also able to provide electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. br br Unit cost: F-35A: US$77.9M (lot 14); F-35B: US$101.3M (lot 14); F-35C: US$94.4M (lot 14)br Number built: 535+ as of July 2020br Developed from: Lockheed Martin X-35br First flight: 15 December 2006; 13 years ago (F-35A)br Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Aeronauticsbr Produced: 2006–presentbr Status: In servicebr • •br Please Subscribe to our Military Channel here : br -----------------------br #military #aircraft #aviationbr br Military Channel promotes Video Content under the rules of “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching and research. Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976.br br "The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement."br br -----------------------br br Credit to : Airman Jenna Bigham and Tech. Sgt.