Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  A machibidoro ndị ọkwọ ụgbọelu RAF ịnya ụgbọelu ọhụrụ Lightning II n'oge oke ifufe n'ihi ụjọ na ụgbọelu ahụ ruru nde £ 100 nwere ike ịgbawa ma ọ bụrụ na àmụ̀mà adaa ya. Mịnịstrị na-ahụ maka nchekwa kwuru na ụgbọelu stealth F35-B, nke nwere nsogbu site na ntụpọ imewe na ihe ndọghachi azụ teknụzụ, enweghị ike ife efe n'ime kilomita 28 nke égbè eluigwe. Akpọrọ ya <unk> Lightning II<unk>, ọ nọ n'ihe ize ndụ nke aha ya mgbe ọ nọ n'ala na ndị ọkwọ ụgbọelu gwara ya ka ọ kwaga na mkpuchi ma ọ bụrụ na ọ dị ihe na-erughị kilomita 11 site na oké ifufe. A machibidoro ndị na-anya ụgbọelu RAF iwu ịnya ụgbọelu Lightning II n'oge oké ifufe n'ihi ụjọ na ọ pụrụ ịgbawa. E mepụtara ụgbọelu a n'okpuru mmemme Joint Strike Fighter nke afọ 20 nke United States, ebe gọọmentị United States nyere iwu maka ụgbọelu 2,500 nke Lockheed Martin. Na Britain, e nyewo iwu ka e nye ụgbọelu 14 n'ime ha ka ha nọchie Harrier jump jet nke na-aka nká n'elu decks nke ụgbọelu ọhụrụ ndị na-ebu ụgbọelu Queen Elizabeth. Ma, otu akụkọ e bipụtara n'oge na-adịbeghị anya n'ụlọ ọrụ Pentagon mere ka a mata ihe ndị na-enye ndị mmadụ nsogbu n'obi banyere ebe e debere tankị mmanụ ụgbọelu, bụ́ ndị e debere n'akụkụ nku ya niile, n'akụkụ fuselaje ya, n'akụkụ ebe ndị ụgbọelu na-abanye n'ime ya, nakwa n'ebe e debere ya n'azụ ya, n'ebe engine ya dị. Pierre Sprey, onye bụbu onye nyocha Pentagon bụ́ onye nyere aka chepụta F-16 ná mmalite afọ ndị 1970, jiri injin ahụ tụnyere 'ọkụ ọkụ nke mmanụ ụgbọala gbara gburugburu.' Enwekwara ihe ize ndụ nke ọkụ ọkụ ma ọ bụrụ na a gbara ụgbọelu ọgụ ahụ. N'ọnwa Juun gara aga, otu ụgbọelu F-35 gbara ọkụ mgbe ọ na-agbagharị ka ọ na-apụ na Eglin Air Force Base dị na Florida, n'ihi na injin ya gbawara n'oge ụgbọelu gara aga. Otu n'ime injin Pratt & Whitney mebiri, banye n'elu ụgbọelu ahụ, ma gbaa ọkụ ka onye na-anya ụgbọelu ahụ na-akwadebe ịpụ. A kwụsịrị ụgbọ elu F-35 dum n'ala ruo izu atọ, ụgbọelu ahụ emeghịkwa njem mbụ ya n'ụwa. Ma nke ahụ abụghị njedebe nke nsogbu nke ụgbọelu ndị na-alụ ọgụ. Ụgbọelu a nwere otu oche, nwere otu injin na-etu ọnụ na-egosipụta sistemụ mkpuchi nke a na-ekwu na ọ na-enye echiche ogo 360 nke mpụga nke ụgbọelu ahụ. mana MoD kwetara na a ka nwere 'okwu ndị a na-edozibeghị' gbara gburugburu...
Mịnịstrị na-ahụ maka nchekwa amachiela ndị ọkwọ ụgbọelu ịnya ụgbọelu Lightning dị nde 100 n'ime ajọ ifufe. Ọ na-abịa n'ihi ụjọ na àmụ̀mà nwere ike ime ka ụgbọelu stealth ahụ daa. Ndị RAF enyela iwu ka e weta 14 n'ime ụgbọelu ọhụrụ ndị ahụ n'usoro n'ime afọ ise na-abịanụ. E kere ụgbọelu a n'usoro ihe omume ụgbọelu Joint Strike Fighter nke United States nke were afọ iri abụọ. Mba Amerịka enyela iwu maka ụgbọelu ọhụrụ dị puku abụọ na narị ise nke Lockheed Martin. Ma stealth F35-B nwere ntụpọ imewe na ọghọm teknụzụ. A dọrọ ndị na-anya ụgbọelu aka na ntị na ha agaghị efeli n'ime kilomita 28 nke oké ifufe na égbè eluigwe.