RAF's F35 Lightnings spotted over North Wales and Cheshire

Two RAF F-35 Lightnings roared through the skies on Tuesday afternoon as part of a routine training mission.

A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: "Two RAF F-35 Lightnings from 207 Squadron, RAF Marham, Norfolk completed a routine training sortie on Tuesday, August 8 over Wales and North West England which included a Practice Diversion to Liverpool airport, such training ensuring that our pilots continue to be ready for global operations."

An F35 Lightning jet seen over Ellesmere Port on Tuesday. (Image: Darren Devaney)

The RAF and in his case, F-35 pilots from RAF Marham use a variety of training areas around the whole of the UK for training and vary their routes and training locations to maximise training benefit.

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Such training areas enable RAF crews to train in varied environments in preparation for operations across the globe. 

The state-of-the-art fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighters can be armed with a variety of Air-to-Air and Air to Ground weapons and are capable of multiple simultaneous missions such as air defence policing whilst intelligence gathering.

An F35 Lightning jet (Image: PA)

The jets are also equipped with stealth technology, which makes them difficult to detect by enemy radar.

Its top speed is 1,200mph and it's thought to have cost £190million to make.