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 airframe of the fighter, known as the BF-01, was carried by a heavy-lift CH-53K King Stallion helicopter from NAS ...

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 ...

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 ...