Media Gallery

The X-35B in the hover. [LMTAS photo]

A wet Maj Art Turbo Tomassetti waves a U.S. Marine Corps flag and holds a hockey stick following his first vertical takeoff, hover and vertical landing in the X-35B on Friday, June 29th 2001. [LMTAS photo]

The STOVL system on the F-35B utilises a shaft-driven lift fan propulsion system. Here the X-35B can bee seen over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. [LMTAS photo]

The Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter X-35B demonstrator aircraft descends to a vertical landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., following a supersonic flight in July 2001. [LMTAS photo]

The X-35 STOVL version with rotated exhaust. Note opended doors next to the jetpipe and the 2x2 opened doors on top of the fuselage just aft of the cockpit. [USAF Photo]

The X-35B begins a gentle descent after completing a short takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Monday, July 16th 2001. [LMTAS photo]

Lockheed Martin JSF X-35B Completes Flight Testing Following History-Making Short Takeoff Supersonic Dash Vertical Landing [LMTAS photo]

Lockheed Martin X-35B Joint Strike Fighter [unknown photographer]

The X-35B was dismantled and placed on a truck and ultimately headed to the Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. [USAF photo]