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F-35B goes to sea

The F-35 Joijnt Strike Fighter program took a step forward and made a little aviation history with the first vertical landing by an F-35B, the shortt-takeoff, vertical-landing model destined for the Marine Corps.


Test aircraft BF-2, piloted by Lt. Col. Fred Schenk, landed safely on the USS Wasp (LHD-1) flight deck at 3:12 pm. “It was exactly like we predicted,” said Schenk.

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