The videos tell the tale. A Royal Navy F-35B performed the first public hover and vertical landing before an enthusiastic crowd here at the Royal International Air Tattoo.
Below is video of the very stable and long hover.
The terror of war, a helo crash mystery and the business of defense: 5 Middle East stories from 2024
From eye-witness accounts of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon to a rare appearance of Iranian weapons at a foreign arms expo, there’s a selection of Breaking Defense’s Middle East coverage.