F-35B clear for carrier take-off

United Kingdom The latest British F-35 to get airborne, F-35B BK-13 made its first flight from Fort Worth, Texas on October 10. Carl Richards THE F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) fighter has been cleared to use the ‘skijump’ fitted to the flight deck of the Royal Navy’s two new aircraft carriers. The decision came after a series of tests at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland (see External-load ‘ski jump’ trials for F-35B, October, p8). Minister for Defence