The F-35 finally works as designed, Vertical Landings on Carriers was the critical missing capability. It Qualified on the Vinson, now in Vietnam...

"The implications of a fifth-generation airplane being in [the Pacific] is impossible to overstate," he added. "They're going to provide capability that nobody knows exists yet.

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