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Ministry of Defence (MoD) bosses have already been taking delivery of the new planes at RAF Marham in Norfolk.

The £100 million jets are reported to be ready for action at the start of 2019.

Four of them arrived in the UK last month after flying over the Atlantic from the US.

Five more are now expected to join Britain’s military later this year.

And defence chiefs have said the aircraft will soon be “ready to deploy”.

F-35s are considered to be the world’s most advanced warplane with “unprecedented” stealth capabilities.

The fighter planes are bristling with laser guided missiles and bombs designed to blitz ground target to str dust.

And the aircraft is a "fifth generation fighter”, a term used to describe the most advanced warplanes in the world.

Britain has embarked on a £9.1billion programme to buy 48 by 2025 of the F-35, but has pledged to purchase 138.

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British pilots are currently in the US training to fly the new aircraft at US Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina.

F-35s can fly at altitudes of 50,000ft and at speeds of more than 1200mph.

The aircraft will also take-off from Britain’s two new aircraft carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.

Big Liz – which is currently moored in Portsmouth – will soon head to the US to practice with the F-35s.

Steve Over, from defence giant Lockheed Martin, told The Sun: “There will be nine F-35s in the UK by the end of the year.

“They will be designated ‘initial operational capacity.’

“That means they will be ready to deploy.”

Britain’s next fighter jet Tempest was unveiled this week at Farnborough International Airshow.

Russia and China are developing their own jets to match the F-35 – the Sukhoi Su-57 and the Chengdu J-20.

Israel became the first nation to use them in combat this year in a bombing raid on Gaza

The US have also began deploying the aircraft from the deck of assault ship HMS Wasp in the Pacific.

Global tensions remain hight, with a Brit admiral warning Russia over an "act of war" after the latest round of Novichok poisonings in the UK.