The first of Britain’s new supersonic ‘stealth’ strike fighters has touched down in the UK for the first time. The F-35B Lightning II jet was flown by RAF pilot Squadron Leader Hugh Nichols on its first transatlantic crossing, accompanied by two United States Marine Corps F-35B aircraft from their training base at Beaufort, South Carolina.
On Friday 1st July 2016, a pair of F35B's from the Royal Air Force and USMC took part in some formation flying over the east coast of England. The RAF example was flown by Squadron Leader Hugh Nichols.
