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First F-35B Transported by CH-53K to MCAS Beaufort to be Retired as Static Display

Airframe BF-01 performed the F-35's first vertical landing on Mar. 18, 2010, and the first vertical takeoff on May 10, 2013, at NAS Patuxent River. The first F-35B Lightning II STOVL (Short Take-Off ...
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What makes the Marine Corps F-35B unlike any other fighter

The F-35B Lightning II is the only stealth fighter capable of short takeoff and vertical landing. Designed specifically for ...
Aviation Week

Japan Receives First Three F-35Bs

SINGAPORE—The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has taken delivery of its first batch of Lockheed Martin F-35B short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing fighters. Three aircraft arrived at Nyutabaru AB in ...
Aviation Week

First Two F-35Bs Arrive At Eglin AFB

TOUCHDOWN: The first two U.S. Marine Corps F-35B short-takeoff-vertical-landing Joint Strike Fighters arrived at Eglin AFB, Fla., the home of pilot training for the stealthy Lockheed Martin fighter, ...
The National Interest

Why Does America’s F-35 Fighter Look So Much Like an Old Soviet Prototype?

It is unlikely that, as many Russian sources brag, the F-35B was a direct rip-off of the Yak-141. However, there are many staggering similarities between the two planes. Most military and aviation ...
The National Interest

The Japanese Navy’s F-35s Are Flexing Their Wings in the Indo-Pacific

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) will conduct joint exercises with the Royal Navy. Last week, the Royal Navy flagship aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales departed Darwin, Australia, ...