
F-35Bs Drop Smart Bombs Over Philippine and East China Seas in Drill
F-35B fighters, the U.S. Marine Corps’ short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the supersonic fifth-generation F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, conducted bomb drops from the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) in the Philippine and East China Seas this week, according to a statement by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.