The U. S. Marine Corps F-35B short-take off vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will begin sea trials next week, the service's top aviation officer said.

一位美国海军陆战队空军高级军官称，美军陆战队联合打击战机的F-35B垂直短距起降战机的改进型将于下周进行海上试飞。

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The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-35 fifth-generation aircraft could possibly provide such flexibility.

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The previous Labour government had placed orders for two new aircraft carriers to be equipped with the F-35B variant of the American-built joint strike fighter (JSF), which is capable of short take-off and vertical landing.

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Critics carp that the plane is unneeded in a post-Cold War world and that we should, instead, only upgrade the F-15 and F-16 and wait for the proposed Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft that's coming several years hence.

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