Fantastic air-to-air shots of the first Norwegian F-35 during test flight

Published on: November 8, 2015 at 11:30 PM

Here’s the Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35A.

The following images show the F-35A AM-1 5087, the first Royal Norwegian Air Force Lightning II aircraft during some of the first test flights it conducted in October from Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth facilities.

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The aircraft was rolled out on Sept. 22 and along with other 51 F-35s it is expected to replace the Royal Norwegian Air Force ageing F-16s.

The second Norwegian JSF, known as AM-2, is scheduled to be delivered to the RoNAF later this year.

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