RAAF F-35s Commence Flight Operations

02/14/2019

F-35A aircraft commenced scheduled flying operations at RAAF Base Williamtown during the last week of January 2019.

The two aircraft from No 3 Squadron began a phase of operations designed to verify and validate the jet’s capabilities.

These operations will continue for the next two years, in the lead-up to the declaration of the Initial Operational Capability at the end of 2020.

The first two F-35A Joint Strike Fighters A35-009 and A35-010 arrived in Australia on 10 December 2018.

Australian Department of Defence

January 30, 2019