Blighty will have a whopping 24 F-35B jets by 2023 – MoD minister
That'll fill just a third of our new 70,000-tonne aircraft carriers The UK is "on target" for its new F-35B fighters to reach initial operating capability by 2018 - and will own a whopping 24 of the state-of-the-art jets by the year 2023, junior defence minister Philip Dunne told a briefing at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) this morning."