with the newer F-35B STOVL aircraft also able to be embarked. The USS Wasp was commissioned into service in September 1989, ...

The USSAmerica will be replacing the USS Wasp as the U.S. Navy’s largest forward ... landing exercise early next month. A detachment of F-35Bs arrived aboard a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ...

An internal Pentagon report has uncovered a number of issues with at-sea testing of the US Marine Corps' variant of the F-35B Lightning II ... over the ten days aboard the Wasp, the six embarked ...

The Wasp-class USS Boxer amphibious assault ship is capable of carrying amphibious landing craft and various helicopters and aircraft, including the F-35B stealth fighter. [email protected] ...

US Marine Corps F-35B pilots embarked aboard the USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship, took off with externally stored missiles in the Philippine Sea, which suggests they trained for all-out ...

The F-35B Lightning II is the Marine Corps variant of the Joint Strike Fighter and features a vertical lift fan and pivoting engine nozzle to deliver vertical landing and short takeoff capability ...

The amphibious assault ship, USS America, is equipped with a flight deck that supports U.S. Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighter jets. The warship has been stationed in Sasebo on the Japanese main ...

The January 13 exercise included a US F-35B carrying amphibious assault ship ... The USSAmerica will be replacing the USS Wasp as the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed amphibious assault ...

With a longer hangar deck, it can carry bigger aircraft like the F-35B. Each ship costs $3.4 billion and has been commissioned since 2013. More from Military & Defense The USS America is the first ...