F-35B STOVL – The Aviationist

Check Out This Video Of U.S. Marine F-35B Jets Refueling Over the Middle East.

November 10, 2018 Tom Demerly 0

A Look Back at the F-35Bs deployed to the Middle East on the 243rd Birthday of the USMC. Today is the 243rd Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps. The Marines were born on November […]

UK F-35B Performs World’s First Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing During HMS Queen Elizabeth Trials

October 15, 2018 David Cenciotti 0

The F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) achieved a new milestone performing a Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing (SRVL) on aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. On Oct. 13, an F-35B STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical […]

Here Are Some Photographs of the F-35B Lightning Jets Landing on (and Launching From) Britain’s Newest Carrier for the First Time

September 28, 2018 David Cenciotti 0

Royal Navy Commander Nathan Gray and RAF Squadron Leader Andy Edgell were the first pilots to land their F-35 Lightning stealth jets on the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth. In the last 24 hours […]

VMFA-122 Conducted First Flight With The F-35B Lightning II At Marine Corps Air Station Yuma

April 2, 2018 David Cenciotti 0

First flight with the JSF marked the end of the first phase in the transition from a legacy F/A-18C Hornet squadron to an F-35B squadron. On Mar. 29, 2018, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, […]

Here Is Italy’s First F-35B Lightning II Flying In Full Italian Navy Markings For The First Time Today

January 18, 2018 David Cenciotti 39

The aircraft will be officially delivered to the Marina Militare next week. Today it flew for the first time in full Italian Navy markings. On Jan. 18, the first Italian F-35B, the first short-take and […]