During the 300th flight of aircraft BF-04, the F-35B Lightning II Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing variant of the fifth generation stealth fighter performs one of its standard vertical landings aboard NAS Patuxent River on July 10. To date, the F-35 program has surpassed 36,000 combined flight hours between F-35 military fleet aircraft and System Development and Demonstration test aircraft. The F-35 Operational Fleet features 112 aircraft and the F-35 Test Fleet features 18 aircraft.
<br>Unit: F-35 Lighting II Pax River ITF
STOVL
Taken on 10 July 2015
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