Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

Eight photos of an F-35C mock-up, and two prototpes, an X-35B STOVL and an X-35C carrier versions.

Lockheed Martin X-35B 301, Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy air and space museum, Washington Dulles Airport, Virginia, 14 May 2017 1. STOVL version of Lockheed Martin's successful contender in the 2001 Joint Strike Fighter competition for a single engine, stealthy, multirole aircraft. Subsequently developed into the F-35 Lightning II. The UK plans to order 138 STOVL F-35Bs for the RAF and Royal Navy, who will use it on the new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.

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Lockheed Martin X-35B 301, Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy air and space museum, Washington Dulles Airport, Virginia, 14 May 2017 1. STOVL version of Lockheed Martin's successful contender in the 2001 Joint Strike Fighter competition for a single engine, stealthy, multirole aircraft. Subsequently developed into the F-35 Lightning II. The UK plans to order 138 STOVL F-35Bs for the RAF and Royal Navy, who will use it on the new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.