F-35 Takes Off With Full Payload (Beast Mode)



Sputnik: WATCH: F-35 Reportedly Stationed in UAE Takes Off With Full Payload

This configuration is also commonly known to pilots as the “beast mode.” It reduces stealth capabilities significantly and is usually reserved to the third day of war and later.

A video uploaded online shows F-35 planes stationed in UAE — right across the Persian Gulf from Iran — taking off carrying a full payload of weapons, known informally as "beast mode" or "bomb truck."

These armed-to-the-teeth sorties are conducted as part of "deterrence missions" in the US Central Command Area of Responsibility, which spans from northeast Africa all the way up to Turkey.

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WNU Editor: Interesting video seeing the ordinances put on.

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