http://jdw.janes.com - 13 June 2008]
F-35B Lightning II JSF makes successful first flight
F-35B Lightning II JSF makes successful first flight
Lockheed Martin and US military officials announced the successful first flight of the F-35B short take-off/vertical landing (STOVL) version of the Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) at the Naval Air Station in Fort Worth, Texas, on 11 June. "There were a lot of sceptics that didn't believe this was going to happen, but the team did it," US Marine Corps Brigadier General David Heinz, F-35 deputy programme executive officer, told reporters in a conference call after the flight

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