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The F 35 Joint Strike

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Fighter will eventually play a large

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role in Air Force operations . Senior

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jane Stewart takes a look at the

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lightning to the F 35 Joint Strike

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Fighter exemplifies total Force

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integration . This fifth generation

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fighter combines many abilities of

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today's legacy fighters into one weapon

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system . U . S . And coalition partners

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can pick from three variations of the

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aircraft . Each variation means

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different service requirements , like

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short takeoffs or vertical landing .

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Air Combat Command will fly a

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conventional takeoff version . New

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technology in the F 35 such as the

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helmet mounted display and cutting

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itself will improve Air Combat Command

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ability to support warfighters . The

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first F 35 has completed several test

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flights and is on track to enter

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service in 2010 . Senior Airman James

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Stewart , Langley , Air Force Base

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Virginia .