F-35 external weapons testing makes history, quadruples effectiveness and test efficiency

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD, UNITED STATES

09.23.2015

Courtesy Photo

F-35 Lightning II Pax River ITF   

Sept. 23 marked the first time the F-35 Lightning II program conducted an external store weapons separation test. The Pax River ITF test team released four GBU-12 Laser Guided Bomb inert test assets from the F-35C external wing weapon pylons of aircraft CF-02 during flight 394. The team released the weapons individually during four test runs on a single flight over the Atlantic Test Ranges, demonstrating their test efficiency by accomplishing four flights worth of test work in a single flight. (Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe)

• Date Taken: 09.23.2015
• Date Posted: 10.03.2015 19:15
• Photo ID: 2210301
• VIRIN: 150923-D-AW822-554
• Resolution: 3000x2357
• Size: 2.34 MB
• Location: NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD, US