UFO or Warplane? F-35 Jet Completes 1st Nighttime Vertical Landing

Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 20:30 in Earth & Climate

An F-35B Lightning II, a fighter jet specially designed to take off on a short runway and land vertically, successfully completed its first-ever vertical night landing at sea, a key milestone for the next-generation warplane.

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