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'The best we can make'; Combat pilot helps Lockheed build advanced fighter plane.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 20-DEC-02 		Format: Online - approximately 934 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: 'The best we can make'; Combat pilot helps Lockheed build advanced fighter plane.(BUSINESS)(WASHINGTON AT WORK)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Tim Lemke, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Bill Harrell is comfortable and fluent speaking the language of F-16s, F/A 22s, A-10s and other high-powered fighter planes. The letters, numbers and technical jargon trip from his tongue with an ease that speaks of a lifelong acquaintance with patriotism, speed and power.

Mr. Harrell would much rather be flying the planes than talking about them, but after having flown countless missions over Vietnam, Iraq and Europe, Mr. Harrell, a 27-year veteran of the Air Force, is now helping Lockheed Martin to develop one of the most advanced family of fighter planes ever conceived.

The plane, known as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, or JSF, is the first plane capable of taking off vertically and flying faster than the speed of sound. It is also one of the first planes to be developed...

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