Watch the maiden flight of the first Italian-built F-35

AL-1, the first F-35 assembled in Italy, has made its first flight from the Cameri Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility on Sept. 7.

This was also the first F-35 flight outside the United States.

Lockheed Martin F-35 test pilot Bill “Gigs” Gigliotti took the jet on a 1 hour 22 minutes check flight.

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