November 24, 2014 - Think Defence

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On June 14, 2012, F-35B Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft BF-2 completed the first test flight for the short takeoff and vertical landing variant with an asymmetric weapons load. BF-2 flew with an AIM-9X Sidewinder inert missile on the starboard pylon, a centerline 25 mm gun pod, and a GBU-32 and AIM-120 in the starboard internal weapon bay.

UK F35B Joint Strike Fighter Orders

Not sure if this is correct but in what seems to be a scoop, the Economic Times (India) has a story about UK F35B orders,

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