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 ...
Kate Fleeger, Program Manager for the H-53 Heavy Lift Helicopter Program ... On Aug. 27, 2025, a CH-53K King Stallion from the HMH 461 transported the first F-35B (Short Take-Off Vertical Landing) ...