Chief Petty Officer Kristopher Smith gives the thumbs up to pilot Lt. Col. Fred Schenk to lift off in F-35B Lightning II BF-02 from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp on October 4th, 2011. [USNavy photo by PO3. Andrew M. Rivard]
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News: F-35 completes successful vertical landing aboard USS Wasp [2011-10-03]
The Navy and Marine Corps Team made more remarkable naval aviation history today as the F-35B test aircraft BF-2 landed safely on USS Wasp's (LHD-1) flight deck, the first at sea vertical landing for the Marine Corps' F-35 JSF version.
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