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Does the F-35B use its articulating rear jet nozzle for thrust vectoring?

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In hovering or STOL/STOVL/VTOL flight yes it can vector its thrust but the system is not operable during conventional flight modes. No version of the F-135 is publicly known to be capable of this. Unlike the Harrier, F-35Bs cannot use the vertical lift system in the conventional flight regime.

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