Go to the Home Page here Jake's Important Videos For Visitors with High Speed - Broadband Internet Connection - We have more Videos on the High Speed Page Go Here So Much for Catapults and Arresting Gear!! 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 Tail hook ! The shape and scope of warfare – worldwide – just changed. ! Go View the F-35B Lightning at YouTube.com

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