Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA4602 Lockheed F-35B VX-23, US Marines.
Lockheed
F-35B line number BF-05 first flew on January 27, 2011. This aircraft is the
fifth development aircraft
and was sent to VX-23 in Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland for further testing and training of
personnel.
VX-23 is the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (AIRTEVRON TWO THREE) and uses
the tail code SD “Salty Dogs”. In August 2013 BF-05 landed on USS Wasp to test
short takeoffs and vertical landings. When BF-05 has completed JSF testing, it will be
assigned to VMFAT-501 “Warlords” Eglin AFB, Florida.
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