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Airframe Details for F-35 #CF-01

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Aircraft: CF-01
Lockheed Martin test pilot Jeff Knowles takes the first F-35C, called CF-1, on its first taxi test at Lockheed Martins' Fort Worth facility on May 28th, 2010. [Photo by Carl Richards]
 LM Aero T/V CF-01
Plant LMTAS
Local C/N
Delivered USNavy CF-01
F-35C
Current USNavy CF-01
F-35C
Status [i/a]
Lockheed Martin test pilot Jeff Knowles takes CF-01 for its first flight on June 6th, 2010. The flight lasted 57 minutes.


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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] CF-01 F-35C
F-35C CF-1 rolled out of the F-35 Final Finishes Facility at Fort Worth, Texas on October 1st, 2010, recently in full colour, as it received its highly accurate robot-applied coatings. [Lockheed Martin photo by Randy Crites]
CF-01 rolled out of the F-35 Final Finishes Facility in Fort Worth, recently in full colour, as it received its highly accurate robot-applied coatings.
06 Nov 2010 [act] CF-01 USNavy VX-23 F-35C
USNavy F-35C (CF-01) returns to NAS Patuxent River from a flutter envelope expansion flight on March 4th, 2011. During the flight, U.S. Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Matt Taylor flew the aircraft faster than the speed of sound for the first time, reaching Mach 1.02 at 30,000 feet. [Lockheed-Martin photo]
24 Apr 2024 [i/a] CF-01 F-35C
USMC KC-130T (BuNo 163310) is refueling flying a CH-53K (BuNo 170001) transported an F-35C (CF-01) airframe from the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Patuxent River to a Navy unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey on April 24, 2024. A Marine aviator from Marine Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) piloted the most powerful helicopter in the Department of Defense that carried the inoperable airframe, which was without mission and propulsion systems, outer wings, or additional equipment, to the Prototype, Manufacturing and Test (PMT) Department of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst for use in future emergency recovery systems testing. [USMC photo by Kyra Helwick]
Stripped of parts and moved by CH-53K to demonstrate its cargo carrying capability and moved from the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Patuxent River to a Navy unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The CH-53K was refueled by a KC-130J on the journey.


Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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