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The Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II made its first flight with BAE test pilot Graham Tomlinson at the controls from Lockheeds Martin's Fort Worth facility. The first Lockheed Martin F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing stealth fighter takes off from Lockheed Aeronautics in Fort Worth, Texas, on its inaugural flight Wednesday, June 11. Tomlinson, a former Royal Air Force Harrier pilot performed a conventional takeoff at 10.17h local time. All initial F-35B flights will be conventional takeoffs and landings, with transitions to short takeoffs, hovers and vertical landings beginning early next year.