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F-35 Makes First Carrier Landing; BAE Wins Alternative Helmet Contract

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has gone to sea for the first time. An F-35B short-takeoff vertical landing (STOVL) version landed on the small

Development aircraft BF-2 made the F-35B’s first carrier landing on the USS Wasp on October 3. (Photo: F-35 Joint Program Office)

By Chris Pocock • Defense Correspondent

October 10, 2011

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