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A non-flyable F-35C Lightning II airframe is flown as part of a CH-53K King Stallion external load certification lift Dec. 13, 2022, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The structure is from the first F-35C carrier variant aircraft, CF-1, a former developmental flight test jet from the Patuxent River F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF). ITF test teams collaborated with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) and a Marine helicopter support team with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group to conduct the lift. The CLB-24 helicopter support team conducted operations to develop tactics, techniques, and procedures of CH-53K King Stallion utilization as the Marine Corps modernizes and prepares to respond globally to emerging crises or contingencies.
| Date Taken: | 12.12.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 01.24.2023 14:35 |
| Photo ID: | 7599843 |
| VIRIN: | 221213-O-PF253-293 |
| Resolution: | 3600x2400 |
| Size: | 0 B |
| Location: | PATUXENT RIVER, MARYLAND, US |
| Web Views: | 621 |
| Downloads: | 58 |
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