With U.S. Marine Corps pilot Maj. Joseph T. Bachmann at the controls, the F-35 Lightning II lifts off from the runway at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas, on March 19. Bachmann became the first Marine to fly the F-35, which will enter operational service with the Corps in 2012. (Photo by John Wilson, Lockheed Martin)
U.S. Marine Corps pilot Maj. Joseph T. Bachmann became the first Marine to fly the F-35 Lightning II, on March 19, 2009. (Photo by Tom Harvey, Lockheed Martin)
FORT WORTH, Texas, March 19th, 2009 –
U.S. Marine Corps pilot Maj. Joseph T. Bachmann became the first Marine to fly the F-35 Lightning II, on March 19, 2009.