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Lockheed begins assembling first test F-35 at Fort Worth
Lockheed Martin workers start assembling the initial test version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at Fort Worth. The program, begun after a 2001 contract worth about 200 billion dollars, aims to satisfy diverse needs for Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps variants with vertical takeoff, carrier landings, and conventional configurations.
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