By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday put its F-35B short take off vertical landing Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) into the air for the first time, marking the beginning of months of deliveries and flight tests of the next-generation Marine Corps fighter. BAE Systems test pilot Graham Tomlinson flew BF-1 for 44 minutes, reaching speeds up to 230 knots, he told reporters yesterday. "Any first flight on a new airplane you are really trying to prove from the moment you…
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