First F-35 Lightning lands in Portugal

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First F-35 Lightning lands in Portugal

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Hello

And today it happened, the F-35 Lightning II first landed in Portugal at Lajes Field in the Azores.
Belonging to the Italian Air Force, the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II with the MM7332 registration, landed today in LPLA Lajes / Azores.

First F-35 lands in Portugal

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Heading for the US?
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Fully covered here, linking to the source here.
(so yes, heading for the US)

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Interesting... So, apart from the very first visit to Portugal this will also be the first Atlantic crossing for the F-35.
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