The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 conducted the first-ever ski jump of an F-35B Lightning II short take-off/vertical-landing (STOVL) variant June 19. During flight 298, BAE test pilot Peter Wilson launched aircraft BF-04 from a land-based ski jump located aboard NAS Patuxent River. This test is the first of a series of U.K. ski jump events scheduled for 2015. Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe.
Date Taken: | 06.19.2015 |
Date Posted: | 06.24.2015 00:09 |
Photo ID: | 2024613 |
VIRIN: | 150619-D-AW822-318 |
Resolution: | 3000x2357 |
Size: | 2.68 MB |
Location: | PATUXENT RIVER, MARYLAND, US |
Web Views: | 330 |
Downloads: | 63 |
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