Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II fighter jet with external stores and gunpod during a test flight over Chesapeake Bay, USA. This model is the short

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Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II fighter jet with external stores and gunpod during a test flight over Chesapeake Bay, USA. This model is the short take-off and vertical landing variant (STOVL). The F-35 is a fifth-generation, single-engined aircraft. The F-35B began testing in 2008, which lead to a number of redesigns. Development costs have been shared between the USA and nine other nations including the UK. The Royal Air Force and Royal Navy plan to procure 138 of the aircraft for use in aircraft carriers. Photographed on 20th March 2013.

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Photo credit: © US DEFENSE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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