UK's third F-35 gets off the ground

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The UK’s third F-35 Lightning II had its inaugural flight this at week Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base in Texas. Known as the ZM137, the aircraft will join the MoD’s other two F-35’s Eglin Air Force Base in Florida later this year where it will be used for pilot and maintainer training. Last week Philip Hammond announced that the UK’s F-35 base will be at RAF Marham. "The Lightning II is the most advanced jet our Armed Forces have ever operated, and...

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