Suspended beneath the massive rotor disk of a CH-53K King Stallion, the 22,000-pound airframe of the first-ever F-35B to perform a vertical landing traced a 552-mile arc from Maryland to South ...

Airframe BF-01 performed the F-35’s first vertical landing on Mar. 18, 2010, and the first vertical takeoff on May 10, 2013, at NAS Patuxent River. The ...

The operation began at NAS Patuxent River, a hub for naval aviation testing in Southern Maryland. The F-35B, stripped of its ...

The BF-01 aircraft soon to be put on display was actually the very first Lightning II to perform a vertical landing.

CH-53K King Stallion: Meet the Marine Corps’ New Heavy-Lift Helicopter The program intends to deliver 200 CH-53K helicopters to replace the aging CH-53E fleet, ensuring the Marine Corps ...

CH-53K King Stallion is a heavy-lift cargo helicopter designed to transport U.S. Marine Corps personnel, armored vehicles and equipment from a naval ship to the shore or a high terrain area.

The fourth CH-53K helicopter successfully completed its first flight on August 31. The CH-53K will ultimately work with the U.S. Marine Corps as its heavy-lift helicopter to transport troops and ...

The U.S. Marine Corps has taken delivery of its first Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavylift helicopter. The third system demonstration test article, SDTA-3, arrived at MCAS New River, North ...