Photo Release: First Vertical Landing For BF-2

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Fred Schenk pilots F-35B test aircraft 

BF-2 for its first vertical landing in short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) mode on January 6,

2011. The F-35B is undergoing testing and evaluation during the program’s system design 

and development phase at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Photo courtesy Phaedra Loftis

(Lockheed Martin).