Marine’s F-35B Executes Its First Vertical Takeoff; Straight Up Cool But…

Marine’s F-35B Executes Its First Vertical Takeoff; Straight Up Cool But…
Marine’s F-35B Executes Its First Vertical Takeoff; Straight Up Cool But…

Watch the F-35B, the Marines’ fighter of choice, execute a very cool maneuver in this video, taking off straight up into the sky. While very cool, this is not something the Joint Strike Fighter is actually expected to do very often. For one thing, it requires enormous amounts of fuel. Instead, the B model is…