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Old 15th Jul 2011, 16:02
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Lonewolf_50
 
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How many delivered to date?
If program is already at Lot 5, program cancellation appears a curious course of action ... but how many are actually out there?
Looks like Opeval and RDT & E phases still in progress.
From: http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/04/04/21686/
2011 Q1
The F-35As flew 82 times against a plan of 62 flights
F-35Bs flew 101 flights against a plan of 62 sorties. Performed 61 vertical landings last quarter.
F-35C carrier variant flew 16 of 18 planned flights
Two production model F-35As flew seven sorties.
30 F-35B planes in production under the LRIP 2 and 3 batches.
IOC of 2012 still not likely.

So, there was a May delivery of A model F-35 to the USAF, and up to now they've got two. OK. B model trundling along.

Some interesting comments on various web sites about FYDP wallet shrinkage for the next ten years. (Well, gee, who saw that coming? )
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