Monday, the third United Kingdom Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] F-35 Lightning II
sped down the runway at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base
embarking on its first flight. The aircraft, known as ZM137, departed at 10:16
a.m. with Lockheed Martin F-35 Chief Test Pilot Alan Norman at the controls.
ZM137 will complete a series of company and government checkout flights prior to
its acceptance by the U.K. Ministry of Defence. ZM137 will join U.K. aircraft
ZM135 and ZM136 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., later this year where it will be
used for pilot and maintainer training.

Lockheed Martin press release