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    US-UK Team Tests ‘Ski-Jump’ Launch for F-35B Jets

    A joint U.S. and U.K. team is conducting initial tests on the short takeoff capability of Lockheed Martin‘s F-35B fighter jet led by BAE Systems test pilot Peter Wilson. The U.K. defense ministry said Tuesday the phase one tests are in preparation for the jet’s planned aircraft carrier operations aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth. “[The] de-risking that we’re […] More