Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class John Jarrett | Naval Air Test and Evaluation Squadron One | 09.11.2025
A F-35C Lightning III attached to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9, the “Vampires,” takes off from Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, September 11, 2025. Gray Flag 2025 is the naval aviation test community’s premier large force test event, providing unique venues for large scale integration of new capabilities across services and platform. Working with the Joint Force,......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class John Jarrett | Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) | 09.11.2025
An F/A-18F Super Hornet attached to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9, the “Vampires,” takes off from Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, September 11, 2025. Gray Flag 2025 is the naval aviation test community’s premier large force test event, providing unique venues for large scale integration of new capabilities across services and platform. Working with the Joint Force,......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class John Jarrett | Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) | 09.11.2025
An F/A-18 Super Hornet attached to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9, the “Vampires,” takes off from Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, September 11, 2025. Gray Flag 2025 is the naval aviation test community’s premier large force test event, providing unique venues for large scale integration of new capabilities across services and platform. Working with the Joint Force,......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class John Jarrett | Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) | 09.11.2025
A F-35C Lightning II attached to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9, the “Vampires,” takes off from Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, September 11, 2025. Gray Flag 2025 is the naval aviation test community’s premier large force test event, providing unique venues for large scale integration of new capabilities across services and platform. Working with the Joint Force,......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class John Jarrett | Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) | 09.11.2025
An EA-18G Growler attached to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9, the “Vampires,” takes off from Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, September 11, 2025. Gray Flag 2025 is the naval aviation test community’s premier large force test event, providing unique venues for large scale integration of new capabilities across services and platform. Working with the Joint Force,......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class John Jarrett | Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) | 09.11.2025
An F/A-18F Super Hornet attached to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9, the “Vampires,” takes off from Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, September 11, 2025. Gray Flag 2025 is the naval aviation test community’s premier large force test event, providing unique venues for large scale integration of new capabilities across services and platform. Working with the Joint Force,......
Photo by Jhon Parsons | Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division | 08.18.2023
An F-35C from the U.S. Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) engages its afterburner as it climbs from Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu in Southern California on its way to a training exercise over the adjacent Point Mugu Sea Range on Aug. 18, 2023. VX-9 is based at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California. At maximum power, the F-35C’s Pratt & Whitney F135......
Photo by Jhon Parsons | Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division | 08.16.2023
An F-35C from the U.S. Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) climbs above fog as it takes off from Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu in Southern California on its way to a training exercise over the adjacent Point Mugu Sea Range on Aug. 16, 2023. VX-9 is based at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California. The squadron is charged with testing weapons and its related......
