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Italy's first home-built F-35B rolls out of final assembly. Lockheed Martin photo.

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Italy builds first F-35B outside USA

06/05/201706/05/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3757 Views 0 Comments F-35B

The first short take-off/vertical landing F-35B assembled outside the United States rolled out of its Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO)

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Two F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters complete vertical landings aboard the USS Wasp (LHD-1). US Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Remington Hall

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US Marine Corps’ F-35B reached initial operational capability yesterday

01/08/201516/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3754 Views 0 Comments F-35, F-35B, Joint Strike Fighter

The US Marine Corps’ F-35B Lightning II reached initial operational capability yesterday with a squadron of 10 F-35Bs ready for world-wide

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