F-35 Stealth Fighters Have Landed On A Navy Ship In The Pacific For The First Time

Newsweek: Video Shows US F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets Landing on American Pacific Warship For First Time

F-35 stealth fighters have landed on a Navy ship in the Pacific for the first time as the U.S. beefs up its military presence in the region in a warning to China and North Korea.

A detachment of F-35B Lightning IIs—the naval variant of the warplane which allows vertical landing and take-off—landed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp on Sunday and Monday, Stars and Stripes reported.

The location of the Wasp and the exact number of fighters involved was not disclosed, but a U.S. Navy press release said the “historic deployment” marked a new era of “up-gunned” naval capability.

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