Originally Posted by JSFfan
if a f-35b has an emergency and lands in the field, after repair the vert take off fuel load could be toped up to get back to ship
It's a great thought, but I wonder what kind of field repair you're thinking about. An emergency bad enough to require a "field" landing, but not so bad that that it can be easily "repaired" and ready to VTO out of there again. This isn't a harrier GR1, it's a bloody complex piece of kit.