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UK's first transatlantic F-35 delivery flight delayed by weather

adam payne

Four of the new fighters, of which the UK currently owns 15, are due to fly across the Atlantic in a marathon 6,440km (4,000 mile) journey. Such a long journey is filled with non-obvious risks, not least because the jets need air-to-air refuelling at a number of points during the journey.

Don't want to fly all that way then why not use an aircraft carrier. Carriers are designed for this.

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