F35 Lightning II Video
Badass F35 Lightning II - Can take off 100% Vertical or on a runway like a typical jet.
Lockheed Martin successfully completed the first flight of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft on
December 15, 2006, with the support of Teletronics Technology Corp. The flight of the
conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35 variant began at 12:44 p.m. CST at
Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas, when the jet lifted off and began a climb-out to
15,000 feet. F-35 Chief Test Pilot Jon Beesley then performed a series of maneuvers to
test aircraft handling and the operation of the engine and subsystems. He returned for a
landing at 1:19 pm CST. Two F-16s and an F/A-18 served as chase aircraft.
The Joint Strike Fighter is a stealthy, supersonic, multi-role, 5th Generation fighter
designed for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps, the UK Air force and Royal Navy
and seven additional international partner countries.