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The US Navy Is Retiring Its First F-35B Fighter Jet

The BF-01 aircraft soon to be put on display was actually the very first Lightning II to perform a vertical landing. There are several noteworthy museums in the United States that aviation buffs can ...
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The F-35 Fighter Has a ‘Secret’ That Is Right In Front of Your Eyes

Key Points and Summary - The F-35 is really three aircraft—A, B, and C—with a fourth, Israel’s custom F-35I Adir, proving how adaptable the Lightning II has become. -Beyond stealth, its edge is sensor ...
Aviation Week

Second Stovl F-35 Joins Flight Testing

Lockheed Martin flew the second short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (Stovl) F-35B Joint Strike Fighter for the first time on Feb. 25. Aircraft BF-2 will be used from conventional up-and-away flight ...
The National Interest

Japan’s Fleet of F-35 Fighter Jets Is Growing. So Are Its Military Bases.

Japan now operates dozens of advanced F-35 stealth fighters—including the F-35B STOVL variant, based on its two quasi-aircraft carriers. Eighty years ago, following its defeat in World War II, Japan ...
The Aviationist

Royal Navy and JMSDF to Cooperate on F-35B Lightning II Operations

The HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group will link up with the Japanese task group of the JS Kaga to practice combined F-35B operations. The UK’s Royal Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense ...
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 ...