Joint Strike Fighter Becomes Lightning II
Credit: LOCKHEED MARTIN
Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon officially named the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter "Lightning II" on July 7, in honor of the twin-boomed P-38 Lightning of World War II fame, and the Lightning supersonic jet fighter built by English Electric in the 1950s. English Electric later became BAE Systems, a...
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