Editing V/STOL (section)

===Supersonic===
Although many aircraft have been proposed and built, with a few being tested, the F-35B is the first and only supersonic V/STOL aircraft to have reached operational service, having entered service in 2016.<ref>[http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003175295 "Report: F-35 Work Falls Behind Two More Years."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727083410/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003175295 |date=2009-07-27 }} ''CQ Politics'', 23 July 2009.</ref>
* [[Bell D-188A]] Mach 2 swivelling engines, mockup stage
* [[EWR VJ 101]] Mach 2 fighter, flown to Mach 1.04 but not operational
* [[Dassault Mirage IIIV]] Delta wing Mach 2 fighter with lift engines, first VTOL capable of supersonic and Mach 2 flight (Mach 2.03 during tests), not operational
* Hawker Siddeley HS 138 Strike fighter with lift fans, It was not completed
* [[Hawker Siddeley P.1017]] Lift engines with thrust vectoring. It was not completed 
* [[Hawker Siddeley P.1154]] M1.7 Supersonic Harrier. It was not completed 
* Hawker Siddeley P.1184-16 Dash 18
* Hawker Siddeley P.1217
* [[Republic AP-100]] strike fighter concept
* [[Convair Model 200]] Lift engines plus swivel tailpipe, not built
* [[Rockwell XFV-12]] Built with complex "window blind" wings but could not lift its own weight
* [[Yakovlev Yak-141]] Lift engines plus swivel tailpipe
* [[Lockheed Martin X-35|Lockheed Martin X-35B]] / [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35B]] uses a vectored-thrust tailpipe (the [[Pratt & Whitney F135]]) plus a shaft-driven [[Rolls-Royce LiftSystem|lifting fan]]. It is the first aircraft capable of demonstrating transition from short take-off to supersonic flight to vertical landing on the same sortie.<ref name="ss-hover">Kjelgaard, Chris (Senior Editor). [http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/071221-how-f-35b-stovl-propulsion-system-works.html "From Supersonic to Hover: How the F-35 Flies."] ''space.com,'' 21 December 2007.</ref>