Watch as an F-35B Lightning multi-role combat aircraft lands on a new Vertical Landing Pad at RAF Marham for the first time. Three new pads are among £250m of upgrades to the Norfolk station, the new permanent home of 617 Squadron. Vertical landing will be used in due course to land aboard the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. In addition to its short take-off and vertical landing capability, the Lightning’s unique combination of stealth, cutting-edge radar, sensor technology and elec

RAF Lightning pilots conducted the first air-to-air refuelling sortie, where all aircraft have taken off from the UK, over the North Sea this week. The Lightning aircraft from 617 Squadron based at RAF Marham refuelled from an RAF Brize Norton Voyager. | Royal Air Force