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    ITF First of Class Flight Trials (Fixed Wing) activities aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth, week of Oct. 30 [Image 9 of 15]

    ITF First of Class Flight Trials (Fixed Wing) activities aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth, week of Oct. 30

    NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

    11.03.2018

    Photo by Dane Wiedmann 

    F-35 Lightning II Pax River ITF   

    NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN -- The F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force tests aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) for phase two of the first of class flight trials (fixed wing) from British Queen Elizabeth Class carriers. Phase two testing includes external stores, minimum performance short-takeoffs, shipborne rolling vertical landings and night operations. A third phase followed by operational testing is scheduled for 2019. Together the events will help the UK Ministry of Defence reach IOC(M) in 2020, bringing back carrier strike capability for the UK.

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 11.03.2018
    Date Posted: 12.06.2018 09:07
    Photo ID: 4946159
    VIRIN: 181103-N-ZB537-139
    Resolution: 3600x2400
    Size: 3.39 MB
    Location: NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

    Web Views: 37
    Downloads: 24

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