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Can the F-35’s Vertical Take Off Compete with the Navy’s Catapult Launch

The Marine Corps and the Navy are pushing the F-35 to see how far each launch system can go. Vertical take off offers ...
The Aviationist

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 ...
National Security Journal on MSN

Japan’s Massive Fleet of 147 F-35 Fighters Has A Message for China’s Air Force

Japan is going all-in on the F-35, expanding its order to 147 jets and becoming the largest Lightning II operator after the ...
The National Interest

F-35B to Take-off and Land on British and Japanese Warships in New War Game

As the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, the F-35 platform was conceptualized to fulfill the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s advanced short take-off/vertical landing ...