ABOARD THE JAPANESE SHIP (JS) KAGA IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN – A U.S. F-35 Lightning II aircraft landed aboard Japan’s Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) for the first time Oct. 20 off the southern coast of California to begin developmental test aboard the allies’ largest ship.
U.S. Marines flying a CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter transported an F-35C Lightning II airframe from the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Patuxent River (Pax ITF) to a Navy unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 24.
A Marine aircrew from Marine Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) flew the most powerful helicopter in the Department of Defense that carried the inoperable airframe, which was without...
