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Marana Mayor Ed Honea tries out the F-35 cockpit simulator Wednesday at the Sargent Air and Defense facility.

F-35 takes to skies but still on the ground

Apr 4, 2012 ◇ Will Seberger/TucsonSentinel.com

Sargent Aeropace & Defense, a Marana government contractor, showed off a low-level F-35 flight simulator on Monday morning to about 50 employees and guests. Read more»

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An F-35 Lightning II taxis down the flight line at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., in April 2009. The jet is a fifth generation, single engine, stealth-capable strike fighter and can perform close air support, tactical bombing and air defense missions.

Brewer wants F-35s based at Luke AFB

Nov 17, 2011 ◇ Uriel J. Garcia/Cronkite News

Gov. Jan Brewer was in Washington on Wednesday to urge the secretary of the Air Force to base the service’s next-generation F-35 fighter jets at Luke Air Force Base near Glendale. Read more»


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