First Ski-jump Takeoff Flight-test for F-35B
The technique will be used to launch F-35Bs from British and Italian aircraft carriers.
F-35B development aircraft BF-04 gets airborne from the ski-jump ramp at NAS Patuxent River, Md., for the first time. (Photo: Andy Wolfe, F-35 JPO)
F-35B development aircraft BF-04 gets airborne from the ski-jump ramp at NAS Patuxent River, Md., for the first time. (Photo: Andy Wolfe, F-35 JPO)