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Old 21st Jul 2020, 15:21
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Martin the Martian
 
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Originally Posted by Herod
I believe that the MoD recently officially dropped the 'II' in F-35B Lightning II.

Shouldn't it be the Lightning III ? Wasn't English Electric's world-beater, actually the Lightning II ? (Cue all the historians who will point out others before/after the P38)
Yes it should, but as the Americans never flew the English Electric Lightning...
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