Fifth generation fighter aircraft of the Royal Navy: The Lockheed Martin F-35 B Lightning II that replaced the Harrier.
The F-35B is the STOVL(Short Take Off Vertical Landing) variant for the U.S. Marine Corps and the Royal Navy that will replace several versions of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier.
I took this photo at the time of the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in July 2016.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…