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Aviation Week & Space Technology 2011-10-24

VOL. 173 NO. 38 October 24, 2011

Defense

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Navy Testers See Few Anomalies in F-35B Ship Trials

Oct 24, 2011
Within sight of the Virginia coast, the USS Wasp amphibious assault ship has been circling since the beginning of the month in a 20 X 20-mi. box quietly—until now—making history as the host of the very first sea trials of the Lockheed Martin F-35B, which is designed for short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (Stovl) operations for the U.S. Marine Corps.