Lockheed Martin has begun

Credit: TOM HARVEY/LOCKHEED MARTIN
Lockheed Martin has begun assembly of the first short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing version of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, and is scheduled to start mating the wing and aft fuselage to the airframe this month. Designated as BF-1, the F-35B is tentatively scheduled to make its first...

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