Marine Corps Joint Strike Fighter F-35B Makes First Flight


	Marine Corps Joint Strike Fighter F-35B Makes First Flight

yojoe

6-20-2008 8:02 PM

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The Marine Corps’s version of the Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35B, makes its first flight.

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