F-35A Lightning II Completes First Tran-Atlantic Ocean Crossing, Lands at PAX

[Editor]

This just in from the somd.com Headline News:

Title: F-35A Lightning II Completes First Tran-Atlantic Ocean Crossing, Lands at PAX

Date: 02-08-2016 04:42 PM

Summary: An Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) F-35A Lightning II aircraft completed very first trans-Atlantic Ocean crossing, arriving at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, from Cameri Air Base, Italy, on February 5 at 2:24 p.m. EST.

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[PeoplesElbow]

Congratulations on accomplishing something Charles Lindbergh did 90 years ago in an aircraft that was designed and built in a much shorter time for much less money.

 

[Hijinx]

Congratulations on accomplishing something Charles Lindbergh did 90 years ago in an aircraft that was designed and built in a much shorter time for much less money.

Come on give Carlo Linberghini a break.

 

[DoWhat]

Congratulations on accomplishing something Charles Lindbergh did 90 years ago in an aircraft that was designed and built in a much shorter time for much less money.

Without a tanker.

 

[TheLibertonian]

Hey the engine didn't catch fire. So improvement.