Six F-35Bs to embark on board USS Wasp for shipboard operational test

Four F-35Bs from MCAS Yuma and two from MCAS Beaufort will go to sea in May on board USS Wasp for the type’s first shipboard operational test.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Seaman Natasha R. Chalk [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Evaluators will scrutinized the stealth jet’s flight and maintenance operations.

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