Media Advisory: STOVL STEALTH FIGHTER MAKES FIRST FLIGHT

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II completed its first flight today at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Fort Worth, Texas. The F-35B will provide a combination of capabilities never before available: stealth, supersonic speed and STOVL basing flexibility. Initial flights of the first F-35B will be conventional takeoff and landing, with transitions to STOVL flight beginning in early 2009. F-35 Lightning IIs will replace a wide range of existing aircraft, including A-10s, F-16s, F/A-18s and Harriers.

The F-35 program is the world's largest military project, involving 11 countries and employing about 20,000 people worldwide.

The satellite video feed is being retransmitted from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. CDT (U.S.). The feed will include footage of takeoff, in-flight maneuvers, landing and sound bites with pilot Graham Tomlinson.

    Satellite-coordinate information is as follows:

    TRANSMISSION

    U.S.

    Ku-Band Satellite                  Galaxy 11/Transponder K24 Slot "C"
    Satellite Location                 91 Degrees West
    Downlink Frequency                 12184.5 MHz, Vertical
    FEC                                3/4
    Symbol Rate                        6.1113


    International - Europe

    International Space Segment        Telstar 12
    Transponder                        K14, Slot D01
    Bandwidth                          5.50
    Downlink Frequency                 11539 MHz Horizontal

If you miss the feed, the video will remain online in both Quicktime and Windows Media formats at:

http://www.fc-tv.com/webcast/globecast/F-35B-Stovl-First-Flight-SD-WMV.zip

http://www.fc-tv.com/webcast/globecast/F-35B-Stovl-First-Flight-flv.zip

To replay audio of today's phone-in news conference (active for three days):

    Phone: 888-348-4629 or 719-884-8882
    Code: 723460

     Contacts:

     John R. Kent, 817-308-5567; e-mail john.r.kent@lmco.com
     John Smith, 817-312-5131; e-mail john.a1.smith@lmco.com
     Joe Stout, 817-308-5520, e-mail joe.w.stout@lmco.com
     Kelly Ann Doherty, 817-996-5319, e-mail kelly.a.doherty@lmco.com

     An F-35 electronic media kit is available at: MediaKit

SOURCE  Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
    -0-                             06/11/2008
    /CONTACT:  John R. Kent, +1-817-308-5567, john.r.kent@lmco.com, or John
Smith, +1-817-312-5131, john.a1.smith@lmco.com, or Joe Stout, +1-817-308-5520,
joe.w.stout@lmco.com, or Kelly Ann Doherty, +1-817-996-5319,
kelly.a.doherty@lmco.com, all of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company/
    /Company News On-Call:  http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/117281.html /
    /Web site:  http://www.lockheedmartin.com /
    (LMT)

CO:  Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
ST:  Texas
IN:  ARO
SU:  BFA

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