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, MARYLAND, US |
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