UK takes delivery of final F-35B for 2017

The 14th UK F-35B, ZM148 (BK-14, 169422), arrives at MCAS Beaufort. Cpl Benjamin McDonald/DVIDS THE UK has taken delivery of its 14th F-35B, which flew into Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina on December 14. There are currently around 200 British personnel at Beaufort testing the aircraft and preparing them for arrival in the UK in the summer, when No 617 Squadron will stand up at RAF Marham, Norfolk. Preparations are also being made for first-ofclass flight trials, due