On July 19, 2012, the United Kingdom took delivery of its first F-35 Lightning II jet during a ceremony at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas. The jet, BK-1, is an F-35B STOVL model.
Pictured from left to right: - Robert Stevens, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin - Frank Kendall, At.With. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics - Sir George Zambellas, the UK Fleet Commander and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff - The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, UK Secretary of State for Defence; - Larry Lawson, Executive Vice President, Lockheed Martin Corporation and President, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics company - Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, the UK Chief of the Air Staff - Air Marshal Sir Kevin Leeson; Air Member for Materiel and Chief of Materiel (Air) - Vice Admiral David Venlet, F-35 Lightning II Program Executive Officer - Tom Burbage, Executive Vice President and General Manager, F-35 JSF Program Integration.
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