F-35 Launches Joint Standoff Weapon

PATUXENT RIVER, MD, UNITED STATES

03.23.2016

Photo by Dane Wiedmann 

F-35 Lightning II Pax River ITF   

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 an AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) from an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant March 23. During flight 180 over the NAVAIR Atlantic Test Ranges, Cmdr. Ted Dyckman, a U.S. Navy F-35 test pilot, dropped an inert JSOW from aircraft CF-05. This test is the first of a series of JSOW separation events scheduled for 2016. U.S. Navy courtesy photo by Dane Wiedmann.

• Date Taken: 03.23.2016
• Date Posted: 03.31.2016 18:52
• Photo ID: 2495280
• VIRIN: 160323-O-ZZ999-238
• Resolution: 3000x2400
• Size: 2.61 MB
• Location: PATUXENT RIVER, MD, US