WAX2001102694 - EDWARDS AFB, CALIFORNIA, USA: Lt. Col. Paul Smith holds the Lockheed Martin X-35A Joint Strike Fighter steady in behind a 418th Flight Test Squadron KC-135 tanker during the X-35A's first refueling mission. The $200 billion Joint Strike Fighter contract was awarded to Lockheed Martin October 26, 2001. rlw/Tom Reynolds UPI