F-35B Has Flown With Meteor Long-Range Air-To-Air Missile

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In the United States, an F-35B fighter bomber of the Marine Corps successfully performed the first test flights with an inert Meteor missile, aimed at collecting environmental data to integrate United Kingdom weapons on the F-35B, the short-takeoff and vertical landing variant of the Lightning II, in service with the RAF and the Royal Navy, as well as in Italy with the Air Force and the Navy. Conducted by the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, th…

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F-35B Has Flown With Meteor Long-Range Air-To-Air Missile

For the first time, an F-35B has flown armed with the Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile. Test flights with the missile were a long time coming, but they will pave the way for a major leap in capability for the stealth fighter. British and Italian F-35s will eventually combine the ramjet-powered missile with enhancements under the Block 4 upgrade, including for the aircraft’s radar, which will make the Meteor an even more potent addit…