Queen Elizabeth to bring F-35B Lightning II on board
The UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s)
new aircraft carrier HMS
Queen Elizabeth is set to bring
the Lockheed Martin F-35B
Lightning II on board for trials
for the first time towards the
end of 2017.
Fixed-wing First Of Class
Flight Trials (FOCFT)
are planned to begin off the US
eastern seaboard in October
2018. It is expected that two
fully instrumented F-35B
development aircraft will
embark on the ship for two
embarked periods each lasting
approximately four weeks
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