The F-35 vertical landing doesn’t even look real 🤯 📹: combat_aviationist

Does this not look real?

British Harriers were doing that 42 years ago!

Used half its fuel tank to land lol

Yes but a copied idea

To continue the legend of Sea Harrier which first entered service with the Royal Navy in April 1980. Unusual in an era in which most naval and land-based air superiority fighters were large and supersonic, Sea Harrier was withdrawn from service in 2006.

Hold my beer

Does this help?

Seems like such an expensive and unnecessary option. Like during the space race, we spent over $100k developing a ball point pen that wouldn’t freeze in space. Russians used pencil 🙄