Aviation Week was granted exclusive access to view the first aircraft shortly after final body join as well as other wings and fuselage sections under assembly for follow-on test aircraft.
The approval ends a 16-month delay to the start of the stealthy fighter's formal initial operational test and evaluation program.
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