F-35B Lightning stealth jet made its UK debut
The special formation took place at the Royal International Air Tattoo, Gloucestershire, and marked the arrival into the UK of the F-35B. The world’s first vertical landing supersonic stealth strike fighter jet, the F-35B Lightning II comes into service with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force from 2018. That year will see celebrations commemorating the formation of the Royal Air Force in 1918 when the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps were merged as one service. – photo: UK Crown Copyright 2016
On 8 July Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George met Royal Air Force Red Arrows pilots and Air Cadets at the world’s biggest airshow. Their Royal Highnesses attended the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT), at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, as Britain’s new supersonic F-35B Lightning stealth jet made its UK debut with a thrilling flying display.