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British carrier launches F-35B off its front.

F-35 Takeoff

British Royal Navy Cmdr. Nathan Gray, with the Integrated Test Force at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., makes the first takeoff from the ski jump on Britain’s newest aircraft carrier, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, in an F-35B Lightning II, Sept. 25, 2018. The flight was part of testing of both the aircraft and the ski jump, which allows the the F-35B to take advantage of its short takeoff ability.

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