VIDEO: U.K., U.S. F-35B Fighters Land, Launch from Japan’s Largest Warship

For the first time, F-35B Lightning II fighters from the Royal Navy conducted landings and launches on a Japanese destroyer carrier last week as part of a multinational big deck exercise in the Philippine Sea. Two F-35Bs of the “Immortals” from 809 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) carried out cross-deck operations Friday on Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer carrier JS Kaga (DDH-184), according to the Royal Navy. Additionally, two F-35Bs of the “Bats” from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242 conducted the same training. Members of the Royal Navy, , the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the U.S. Marine Corps wereRead More