More than 10 Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) 35
design engineers came aboard USS Nassau (LHA 4) on March 9 to
observe AV-8B Harrier vertical short take off and landings (VSTOL).
Lockheed Martin used the visit to familiarize the designers of the
JSF-35 VSTOL aircraft with some of the operational and
environmental challenges of shipboard life.
In Afghanistan this week, 289 close air support missions were
flown in support of the International Security Assistance Force and
Afghan troops, reconstruction activities and route patrols.