About three weeks ago, an F-35 finally successfully landed on an aircraft carrier after five years and eight failed landings, and it served as an introduction to the next part of the fifth generation of fighter jets.

The F-35 is the successor to the F-22 which was introduced in 2005, although its first flight was in 1997. The F-35 has also been in development for a very long time, with its first flight being in 2006, but it will only be introduced in December 2015. The F-35 recently passed its first test at sea with flying colors, and the test pilots praised how easily the jet handled and how easy it was to perform the night landings, which are usually the hardest parts of the flights.

There are three different types of F-35 fighter jets, which look the same but have different flight capabilities, and all three types of jets are made by Lockheed Martin.