Perhaps you've already seen this but if not it's awesome! This video was made just 6 weeks ago in the Atlantic, just off Newport News ( Hampton Roads), Virginia . These are the latest sea trials of the F-35B on the USS Wasp.

They were very successful, with 74 Verticle Landings ' s & Standard Take Offs in a 3 week period. The media and the program critics had predicted that we would burn holes in the deck and wash sailors overboard.
Neither of which happened. You will notice a sailor standing on the bow of the ship as the jet rotates. That was an intentional part of the sea trials.
No catapult... No hook...
It’s a new world out there!
The shape and scope of warfare worldwide just changed. Double Click your mouse here: F-35B
They are coming to Luke Air Force Base soon....

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Ki86x1WKPmE&feature=colike