Global Times

PLA Navy needs own ‘STOVL stealth fighter’ jets to protect territory

A US F-35B Lightning II makes the first vertical landing on a flight deck at sea aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) on October 3, 2011. Photo: IC As China is reportedly building more ...
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US F-35 pilot switches to hover-mode for insane vertical landing

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel as we explore how an F-35B pilot transitions the stealth fighter into STOVL mode. See how ...
New Atlas

F-35 STOVL goes supersonic for the first time

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program continues to rack up the milestones with the F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant breaking the sound barrier for the first time. The F-35B, ...
New Atlas

Lockheed Martin F-35B prepares for vertical takeoff and landings

The first aircraft in history to combine stealth with short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) capability and supersonic speed has been delivered to the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., where it ...
The Aviationist

Delivery of the First F-35Bs to Japan Delayed

The planned delivery of the first six F-35B Lightning II fighters for Japan in FY2024 has now been pushed back to sometime during FY2025, Japan’s Defense Minister announced. The delivery of the first ...
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Lockheed Martin F-35B Begins In-Flight STOVL Operations

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL ...
Flightglobal

Blade failure will delay STOVL F-35B JSF first flight

Pratt & Whitney’s F135 powerplant for the Lockheed Martin F-35 suffered a second turbine blade failure on 4 February, the same day the US Department of Defense tried for a third time to cancel the ...
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STOVL Jet is Fifth Lockheed Martin F-35 to Enter Flight Testing

FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter today ...
Military

Last F-35B STOVL test jet takes flight

FORT WORTH, Texas, 2 Feb. 2011. The last Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35B Lightning II assigned to developmental flight testing departed Naval Air Station (NAS) Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base for its ...
Military

STOVL stealth fighter makes debut flight

FORT WORTH, Texas, 12 June 2008. The short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II completed its first at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Fort Worth, Texas. View a video ...
The Aviationist

F-35B grounded by fueldraulic system problem

Almost one year ago today (on Jan. 20, 2012), citing the progress the F-35B STOVL (Short take off vertical landing) variant made in 2011, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta rescinded probation for the ...