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F-35B Completes First Vertical Takeoff
 by Staff Writers
 Patuxent River MD (SPX) May 24, 2013


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A Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35B Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing (STOVL) Lightning II test aircraft recently completed the first-ever Vertical Takeoff (VTO) on May 10.

VTOs are one of the many capabilities required for the fielding an F-35B aircraft.

While not a combat capability, VTOs are required for repositioning of the STOVL in environments where a jet could not perform a short takeoff.

In these cases, the jet, with a limited amount of fuel, would execute a VTO to travel a short distance.

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