...and the first RAF F-35 Lightning squadron will be...

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...and the first RAF F-35 Lightning squadron will be...

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...617 Squadron, the "Dambusters"...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... ng-II.html

Okay, it IS the Sun, but I guess they will have gotten this right... :wink:
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Re: ...and the first RAF F-35 Lightning squadron will be...

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Not surprising indeed!

But I thought that 17th Squadron would be the OCU for the F-35 so technically also the first to fly the plane. Or will 617th be the first operational squadron?
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Re: ...and the first RAF F-35 Lightning squadron will be...

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Arjan wrote:Not surprising indeed!

But I thought that 17th Squadron would be the OCU for the F-35 so technically also the first to fly the plane. Or will 617th be the first operational squadron?
Correct. 17sq for OCU/operational trials etc like with the Eurofighter the last years, and 617 the first operational fighter unit.
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