F-35A Achieves Highway Takeoffs and Landings, Accelerating Preparations for Future Warfare

The Air Force landed two F-35A fighters on a highway in Finland to practice how aircraft might operate in a high-intensity future war.The F-35s, which were from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath in England, carried out the landings on the Hosio Highway Strip in Ranua, Finland, under the agile combat employment concept. It was the first time the Air Force had landed its F-35 on a highway.