First F-35A Italian assembled in Cameri
(Defensa.com) The first bomber F-35A Lightning II left the final assembly line and check FACO (Final Assembly and Check Out) Cameri (Italy), also becoming the first of these aircraft mounted outside the US . It is one of the 8 currently being assembled there and has been designated as AL-1 will fly later this year, the result of a partnership between the Ministry of Defence of the European country (owner of PHACO), Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi ( the opera) and Lockheed Martin.
This PHACO end the F-35A and F-35B Italian and is scheduled to do the same with the F-35A Dutch maintaining the ability to supply other European countries in the future. The facility, 40 acres, includes 22 buildings and 93,000 m2., Eleven assembly stations and five of maintenance, repairs and major overhauls and modernization bays. The first section complete wing of F-35A was completed for shipment to the final assembly line of the aircraft in the factory of Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth (Texas).
The F-35 Lightning II is a fifth generation fighter combining advanced stealth with the speed and agility of a fighter, advanced mission systems, fully fused sensor information, network operations and innovative support. three different variants replace the A-10 and F-16 USAF, the F / A-18 of the US Navy, the F / A-18 and AV-8B Harrier of the US Marine Corps fighters and various other eleven countries . The F-35A and B Italians will replace the Panavia Tornado, AMX and AV-8B. They have built more than 130 devices, which have flown more than 28,500 flight hours.
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