Story by Michael Land | F-35 Lightning II Pax River ITF | 11.09.2023
A third phase of F-35 Lightning II developmental test (DT-3) flight trials aboard U.K. Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers concluded over the weekend when two short takeoff vertical landing (STOVL) test jets launched from the HMS Prince of Wales (R09) ski jump following almost four weeks of flight test off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States....
Story by Michael Land | F-35 Lightning II Pax River ITF | 10.30.2023
An F-35 Lightning II test pilot performed the first night shipborne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) aboard HMS Prince of Wales (R09), the U.K.’s newest aircraft carrier, in Atlantic waters off the U.S. Eastern Seaboard just after 9 p.m. Oct. 29, 2023....
Story by Michael Land | F-35 Lightning II Pax River ITF | 10.27.2023
U.K. weapons personnel embedded with the Patuxent River F-35 Integrated Test Force (PAX ITF) recently carried out essential training with HMS Prince of Wales (R09) personnel in ground handling operations for the Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) aboard Britain’s biggest warship during developmental test phase 3 (DT-3)....
Story by Michael Land | F-35 Lightning II Pax River ITF | 10.26.2023
WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 26, 2023) — The autumn mix of red, brown, yellow, and green reflective and life preserver vests are muted under still dim hangar lights as two separate teams unstrap and unchain the Wildcat HMA Mk2 maritime attack helicopter, with its next-gen versatility, and the F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft, with its 5th gen capabilities, before moving the aircraft to......
Story by Michael Land | F-35 Lightning II Pax River ITF | 10.11.2023
WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 11, 2023)— An F-35B Lightning II fighter jet landed aboard U.K. aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09) today kicking off developmental test phase 3 (DT-3) sea trials aboard Britain’s largest Warship....
Story by Sylvia Pierson | F-35 Lightning II Pax River ITF | 09.23.2015
The F-35 Lightning II Naval Variants test team at the Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (Pax River ITF) added yet another groundbreaking weapons test to its list of milestones — the first-ever external store weapons separation in the history of the entire F-35 Lightning II program....
