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| F-35B test aircraft BF-3 flies with the weapon bay doors open on Dec. 19, 2011 |
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| F-35B test aircraft BF-5 completes its first vertical landing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., on Jan 5, 2012. |
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| F-35B test aircraft BF-1 flight in short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) mode on Jan. 5, 2012. |
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| F-35B test aircraft BF-3 flies with the weapon bay doors open on Dec. 19, 2011. |
Nice! I wish they'd post pics of the Tiffy, Rafale, and Gripen with their weapons bays open. Whoops, my bad. ;-)
ReplyDeleteas twisted as this sounds...the best thing that can happen for the F-35B is a concerted missile strike on Israel.
ReplyDeletethat would prove once and for all the utility of STOVL in the defense of a nation. as it now stands, everyone believes that runways are vulnerable but no one except a few navies and Marine Corps want to admit that truth.
Bill Gunston has been saying that for decades but nobody wants to listen.
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