JSF ramp expansion underway at Edwards
(Left to right) ) Maj. Gen. Stephen T. Sargeant, Air Force Operational Test
and Evaluation Center Commander joins Maj. Gen. David J. Eichhorn, Air Force
Flight Test Center Commander, and Col. Jerry Gandy, 95th Air Base Wing
Commander, Feb. 25 at Edwards AFB, Calif., for the groundbreaking for the F-35
Apron and Security Upgrades project. The ramp expansion project will provide a
parking apron and security fence adding 194,600 square feet of concrete ramp
area for eight F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft that will be used by the Air
Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and United Kingdom during F-35 operational test and
evaluation. The $4.4 million project was funded jointly with U.S. Air Force
and U.S. Navy military construction funds and is scheduled to be completed by
May 31, 2010.