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FIRST F-35 EXITS LOCKHEED MARTIN FACTORY, PREPARES FOR
TESTING
FORT WORTH, Texas, February 20, 2006 --
The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter team has
completed assembly of the first F-35 aircraft and moved it out of
the factory in preparation for an intensive period of ground
testing. First flight of the F-35, a conventional takeoff and
landing version, remains on schedule for this fall.
The first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter moves from the factory to a
fueling facility at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas, on Feb.19
achieving another major milestone toward first flight planned later
this year. Workers completed assembly of the aircraft on Feb. 17.
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