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Name. >> as soon as you're putting the throttle forward, i mean, you're getting a kick in the pants -- >> reporter: you telling me it's fast? >> it's fast and it's good, and it's smooth and very responsive. it's just an awesome airplane to fly. >> reporter: the pentagon just announced a small number of f-35s are deploying to europe this weekend for nato training exercises. the next stop for these f-35s is tbd, to be determined. in yuma, arizona, rick leventhal, fox news. arthel: okay, very good. thanks, rick. okay, boston marking four years since that deadly marathon bombing. how the city is...

There's plenty of critics. but the pilots are the biggest supporters. >> you're a fan of this jet? >> a big fan. i've been lucky never to fly some f-18s, during different tours, super hornets, this jet is by far just in a different league. >> as soon as you put the throttle forward, you get a kick in the pants. >> are you telling me it's fast? >> it's fast and good and smooth and very responsive. it's just an awesome airplane to fly. >> the view, it's in your helmet. you look down, you see the bottom of the airplane. where you point your head -- >> that's right. >> as you look, it brings in th...

>> yeah sorry. the black box, the orange box, it records everything that the engineer does. so if the engineer blows the honor horn rings a bell pushes the throttle forward, they'll have the information from the black box or the orange box readily available. >> so investigators are now down playing the role of a projectile. we heard about the projectile could have been involved in the derailment. what do you think explains this crash then j.p. in your estimation? >> well the main thing that we need to explain is that the speculation is really not helping in the national debate. but i drive tra...

Left-hand side of the train's windshield as the ntsb continues prior to the crash. now there are new doubts as well about information from the train's assistant conductor. she had told investigators she thought she heard the 32-year-old train engineer brandon bostian they had been hit prior to the crash. the ntsb says they went through all transmission and found nothing to suggestion bostian had did that. meanwhile, new evidence emerged from the train's black box. investigators say the data shows he manually pushed the train's throttle forward, which could have caused the deadly acceleration t...

Locomotive engines, indeed this is not a one-step process. >> that's right. the only way an operaable train can accelerate is if the engineer pushed the throttle forward, and that's what the event recorder does record throttle movement and we will look to see if that corresponds to the speed of the train. we talked to the engineer the person operating the train, and he was fully cooperative when we met with him on friday, and we also interviewed two assistant conductors on the train. >> but he doesn't remember anything or this is the report he says he doesn't remember anything after leaving no...