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First Royal Navy F-35Bs are Undergoing Corrosion Repair at the U.S. Navy’s FRCSE

The three Royal Navy F-35Bs will be put through an extensive inspection of airframe and substructure for any corrosive damage, following which those parts ...
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F-35B Lightning II • First Deployment On USS Wasp (2018)

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 conduct a series of take-offs and landings aboard the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp ...
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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 ...
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Back in action: F-35B takes flight from Queen Elizabeth

After a period in port, HMS Queen Elizabeth is back in action as it relaunches F‑35B flight operations—featuring rapid ...
Aviation Week

U.S. Marine Corps Will Repair Keel-Damaged F-35B

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin—A Lockheed Martin F-35B with a keel damaged 2.5 years ago during a crash landing will be fixed and returned to the fleet, says the U.S. Air National Guard pilot who ejected from the ...
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 ...
Task & Purpose

Lightning Carriers: The Marines’ secret weapon in the Pacific

The Marine Corps is turning the Navy’s amphibious assault ships into small and agile carriers loaded with F-35B Lightning II aircraft in preparation for a fight in the Pacific. By Kyle Gunn Published ...
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 ...
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Lightning Carriers: The Marines’ secret weapon in the Pacific

As the U.S. military prepares for the possibility of a conflict in the Pacific, the Navy and Marine Corps are working on a new way to project airpower, and they’re calling it the Lightning Carrier.