Amphibious: Why The US Navy Is Raving About This Stealth Fighter’s Latest Achievement

The USS Kearsarge Wasp-class amphibious assault ship has now achieved its first flight with the fifth-generation F-35B Lightning II fighter jet. It is emerging from two years of scheduled retrofits and is about to take its place as a refreshed, modernized amphibious assault ship equipped with the world’s most powerful fighter jet. The F-35B is the only STOVL fighter jet currently in production.