Do we by any chance have a 35 driver here? This bird looks amazing...I'm really curious to know if it burns more fuel on t/o - Ldg than in flight??

I wonder what maintenance problems will arise with such a complex machine at sea under conflict conditions , no more duct tape fixes and back into the fray cheers

This video is fresh (for the public). It was made just six weeks ago in the Atlantic, just off Newport News (Hampton Roads), Virginia .

These are the latest sea trials of the F-35B on the USS Wasp. They were very successful, with 74 VL's and STO's in a three week period. The media and the program critics had predicted that we would burn holes in the deck and wash sailors overboard. Neither of which happened. You will notice a sailor standing on the bow of the ship as the jet rotates. That was an intentional part of the sea trials.

The USS Wasp is an amphibious assault ship designed to embark a Marine Expeditionary Unit. It is capable of simultaneously supporting rotary and fixed wing STOVL aircraft and amphibious landing craft operations. For this test deployment the USS Wasp was outfitted with special instrumentation to support and measure the unique operating environment as the F-35B conducted short takeoffs and vertical landings.

No catapult...... No hook .............

The shape and scope of warfare – worldwide – just changed.

Canadian goverment put an order for these back in July 2010 to eventually replace the aging CF-18 hornet.

There was a lot of debate whether a single engine aircraft was suitable for the Far North.

Nonetheless, awesome airplane! I like watching the short takeoffs more then the VTOL.

They would work up here just fine...cant wait to see them on the ramp at CYXY for the first time...will be a nice change from all the US AK based machines stopping by here although i always enjoy watching a nice blackhawk, F-16, or coast guards doing a 1/16 mile vis app over town or river