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 ...
All three of the F-35 Lightning variants are particularly formidable. T he Royal Air Force’s F-35B contingent has taken ...