The F-35B fighter jet does not require long runways like normal fighter jets, as it is equipped with the ability to do short tech-off and vertical landing. Due to this capacity, this aircraft is extremely flexible and has the ability to fly from a short distance and get down directly like a helicopter.

F-35B has been designed for extremely difficult situations like rust ground, disaster affected area and damaged airstrips, and its vertical landing features, especially for operators in areas where common fighter jet aircraft cannot work at all. Behind this amazing of this aircraft is its revolutionary engine design. It uses the F135 engine of Prat and Whitney, which has an embedded lift fan installed just behind a rotating rear nose and cockpit.

When this F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft makes vertical landing, then the rear nose is twisted in the bottom direction and the lift fan generates more thrust at the top. With this, the fighter aircraft can stagnate in the air and come down straight down. The same technique is given the ability to fly and land this fighter jet to fly and land in aircraft carriers, remote areas or even an open area of urban. Even in such situations, no runway is needed to land F-35B Lightning II.

Lockheed Martin’s F-35B Lightning II is more modern fighter jet than India’s powerful Sukhoi SU-30 MKI or Rafael. These fighter aircraft in India require hundreds of meters long runways, but to take-off F-35B, only 150–200 feet of place is required and it can make a direct landing without any runway. This special thing about its fighter jet makes it a game-changer.