Aircraft
Lockheed Martin Flies First F-35 for Denmark
Denmark has 27 of the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing versions on order and expects to deploy them from 2023.
Denmark’s first F-35A flies from NAS JRB Fort Worth on March 8. The aircraft carries Danish national insignia in full color. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)
Denmark’s first F-35A flies from NAS JRB Fort Worth on March 8. The aircraft carries Danish national insignia in full color. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

Lockheed Martin has flown the first example of an F-35A destined for the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF, Flyvevåbnet). Company test pilot Joe “Hooch” Hutcheson was at the controls for the 90-minute maiden flight, which was undertaken from the Fort Worth factory on March 8. The aircraft wears the RDAF serial L-001, and is allocated the construction number AP-01 that identifies it as the first A-model for Denmark.


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