First two Danish F-35As arrive at Luke AFB
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29th April 2021
Pilots belonging to the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) have delivered the first two Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation multi-role stealth fighters to Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona.
The aircraft – serials L-001 (c/n AP-01) and L-002 (c/n AP-02) – were delivered to the Arizonan base on April 13 in preparation for the training of Danish pilots on the type. Assigned to the US Air Force’s 308th Fighter Squadron ‘Emerald Knights’, these two RDAF F-35As will eventually be joined by five more examples, which will also be used to support the training programme.