First Italian F-35B arrives at NAS Pax River

Photo By Dane Wiedmann | An Italian F-35B, BL-1, arrived at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, after ferry from Italy, Jan. 31, 2018. This is the first Italian F-35 "B" variant.  

UNITED STATES

02.01.2018

Story by F-35 Joint Program Office Public Affairs 

F-35 Joint Program Office

The first F-35B assembled outside of the U.S. landed at NAS Patuxent River on Jan. 31 after completing a transatlantic flight from Cameri Air Base in northern Italy.
The flight follows the Italian Ministry of Defense's acceptance of the
aircraft on Jan. 25 at the Cameri F-35 final assembly line. There are two
foreign F-35 final assembly lines, the other is located in Nagoya, Japan.
Cameri is the only B variant final assembly line outside of the U.S. and has delivered nine F-35As and one F-35B.
The aircraft is assigned to the Italian Navy and is now undergoing
electromagnetic environmental effects certification for the next three
months at the Integrated Battlespace Simulation and Test Facility on NAS
Patuxent River.

• Date Taken: 02.01.2018
• Date Posted: 02.01.2018 13:49
• Story ID: 264308
• Location: US