Maj. Laurens Vijge is the first Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot to fly the F-35.
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U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.
His maiden flight occurred Dec. 18 at Eglin Air Force Base while at the controls of the first Dutch F-35.
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