LIIFJ Source: MoD
Vigilance can report that the first of the UK’s next generation stealth combat aircraft was last week handed over to the MoD.
At a ceremony in Fort Worth, Texas, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond formally accepted the first jet which will be known as Lightning II.
The aircraft are Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, manufactured by Lockheed Martin.
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