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The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 conducted the first weapons separation test of the UK’s Paveway IV precision-guided bomb from an F-35B Lightning II short take-off/vertical-landing (STOVL) variant June 12. During flight 461 over the NAVAIR Atlantic Test Ranges, RAF Squadron Leader Andy Edgell dropped two inert Paveway IV bombs from aircraft BF-03. This test is the first of a series of UK weapons separation events scheduled for 2015.
| Date Taken: | 06.12.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 06.18.2015 11:27 |
| Photo ID: | 2010920 |
| VIRIN: | 150612-D-MJ303-310 |
| Resolution: | 3600x2400 |
| Size: | 3.08 MB |
| Location: | PATUXENT RIVER, MD, US |
| Web Views: | 354 |
| Downloads: | 65 |
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