“trillion-dollar boondoggle”However, the F-35’s testing aboard the USS Wasp this week was reportedly without incident. “By all accounts, it was a great success. No show stoppers at all,” Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, the US Marine Corps deputy commandant for aviation, told the Washington Post. The F-35 combines stealth design, vertical takeoff and landing, and “Star Wars”-style maneuverability in three variants, one for the US Air Force, Navy and Marines. The Lockheed Martin-built aircraft is expected to serve not only in the Royal Navy, but with Italy, Australia, Canada, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Turkey. The “plane that ate the Pentagon,” which has been subject to several investigations by the US Congress, could cost as much as $304 million each. Credit: YouTube/Royal Navy">