A briteknel 2012-tol eltartott vagy 2-3 evig, mire egyaltalan repkedni kezdtek egyaltalan a B verzios gepukkel - 6 ev (!) volt IOC-ig:
The Royal Air Force and Royal Navy plan to operate 138 F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing aircraft.
www.f35.com
Program Milestones
2012: UK's first F-35 delivered from Fort Worth, TX
2014: F-35 pilot completes first UK vertical landing
2016: F-35 makes Europe/UK debut at RIAT & Farnborough
2018: F-35s arrive for permanent basing at RAF Marham
2018: UK completes weapons flight testing
2018: UK MoD declares F-35 land IOC
2018: First of Class Flight Trials on HMS Queen Elizabeth
2019: 207 Squadron stood up at RAF Marham as the F-35 Lightning Operational Conversion Unit
2020: First Aircraft Arrival on the HMS QNLZ
2020: Royal Navy declares Maritime Initial Operational Capability
2021: F-35s participate in Carrier Strike Group 2021 deployment. It’s the first operational deployment of the Royal Navy’s flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth, and the largest single deployment of F-35s in history
2021: F-35Bs from 617 Squadron deploy from HMS Queen Elizabeth to support counter-Daesh operations in Iraq and Syria