F-35B Ship Suitability Testing

The F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing variant completed ship suitability testing aboard the USS WASP (LHD-1) off the coast of Virginia in October 2011. Co...

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Comment by Obie S. Young on February 6, 2012 at 10:24pm: The USS Wasp is an amphibious assault ship designed to embark a Marine
Expeditionary Unit. I t is capable of simultaneously supporting rotary and
fixed wing STOVL aircraft and amphibious landing craft operations. For this
test deployment the USS Wasp was outfitted with special instrumentation to
support and measure the unique operating environment as the F-35B conducted
short takeoffs and vertical landings.

Comment by Obie S. Young on February 6, 2012 at 10:24pm: These are the latest sea trials of the F-35B on the USS Wasp. They were very
successful, with 74 VL's and STO's in a three week period. The media and the
program critics had predicted that we would burn holes in the deck and wash
sailors overboard. Neither of which happened. You will notice a sailor
standing on the bow of the ship as the jet rotates. That was an intentional
part of the sea trials

Comment by Obie S. Young on February 6, 2012 at 10:23pm: This video is fresh (for the public). It was made just six weeks ago in the
Atlantic, just off Newport News (Hampton Roads), Virginia .