F35B BAD TO THE BONE!

F-35B



This video is fresh

(for the public). It was made just six weeks ago in the Atlantic, just off

Newport News (Hampton Roads), Virginia .

These are the latest

sea trials of the F-35B on the USS Wasp. They were very successful, with 74 VL's

and STO's in a three week period. The media and the program critics had

predicted that we would burn holes in the deck and wash sailors overboard.

Neither of which happened. You will notice a sailor standing on the bow of the

ship as the jet rotates. That was an intentional part of the sea

trials.

The USS Wasp is an

amphibious assault ship designed to embark a Marine Expeditionary Unit. It is

capable of simultaneously supporting rotary and fixed wing STOVL aircraft and

amphibious landing craft operations. For this test deployment the USS Wasp was

outfitted with special instrumentation to support and measure the unique

operating environment as the F-35B conducted short takeoffs and vertical

landings.

No

catapult...... No hook ............



The shape and scope of

warfare – worldwide – just changed.

No more traps? Yikes! Instead of an OK 3 wire guess it'll be an OK 3 bounce.

That would certainly make my landings smoother!

Gorgeous!

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The media and the program critics had predicted that we would burn holes in the deck and wash sailors overboard. Neither of which happened.

Once again and as always, the media doomsdayers are wrong. They invent crisis and problems to sell papers.

That video is AWESOME!! At about 2:56 on a VL look at the nose strut shake when it lands. Imagine the forces being exerted on that strut! It just keeps going. No wonder Gen Amos didn't cut the F35B from the Marine's budget (as if they'd have let him anyway).

Thanks for sharing.