F-35 test pilots train for Cavour sea trials 02.03.2021 | Photo by Dane Wiedmann U.S. Marine Maj. Dylan “Bilbo” Nicholas, test pilot with the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron TWO THREE (VX-23), conducts short takeoff and...
F-35 test pilots train for Cavour detachment 01.27.2021 | Photo by Kyra Helwick Test 982 / Flight 520 Test Pilot Marine Maj. Dylan “Bilbo” Nicholas, with the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron TWO THREE (VX-23), conducts...
F-35B Vertical Takeoff Testing 12.15.2020 | Photo by Kyra Helwick Pilot LTCDR Barry "Baz" Pilkington conducts Vertical Takeoff and Landing training in BF-5 at NAS Patuxent River MD on Tuesday December 15, 2020.
F-35 Two Ship 10.28.2019 | Photo by Dane Wiedmann BF-5 Flt 459 Lt Richard Valenta CF-3 Flt 517 Mr. Dan Levin, two-ship mission systems testing from NAS Patuxent River, MD, 28 Oct 2019
Auto-GCAS team integrates life-saving system on... 06.17.2019 | Photo by Dane Wiedmann F-35 test pilot Dan Levin, F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force, flies an Auto Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) test flight in an...
Pax River F-35 ITF leaves HMS Queen Elizabeth after... 11.18.2018 | Photo by Dane Wiedmann The F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force carried out phase two of the first of class flight trials (fixed wing) aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. Test...
First Aft-Facing Vertical Landing on HMS Queen... 11.16.2018 | Photo by Dane Wiedmann NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN--The first aft-facing vertical landing made by a fast jet onto a Queen Elizabeth Class carrier was achieved on Nov. 16, 2018,...
Highlights from last week of first of class flight... 11.11.2018 | Photo by Dane Wiedmann NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN -- The F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force is testing aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth for phase two of the first of class...
First of Class Flight Trials (Fixed Wing) Highlight... 11.19.2018 | Video by Dane Wiedmann Highlights from first of class flight trials (fixed wing).
First of Class Flight Trials (Fixed Wing) Highlights 11.19.2018 | Courtesy Video Highlights from first of class flight trials (fixed wing).
Pax River F-35 ITF Wraps Up First of Class flight... 11.19.2018 | Video by Dane Wiedmann Wrap up video highlighting First of Class Flight Trials (Fixed Wing) aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth with F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force
VX-23 Marines prep for future deployment with first... 11.16.2018 | Courtesy Video Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 U.S. Marines help accomplish eight-week first of class flight trials also prep for future joint...
First Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing on HMS... 10.13.2018 | Courtesy Video RUSHES - FIRST SHIPBORNE ROLLING VERTICAL LANDING ON HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH
Fighter jets join forces with British aircraft... 09.25.2018 | Courtesy Video Two F-35B Lightning II fighter jets successfully landed onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time, Sept. 25, 2018, laying the foundations for...
F-35B completes initial testing aboard HMS Queen... 09.25.2018 | Courtesy Video On Oct. 16 British sailors and members of the F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland, completed a...
Fighter jets join forces with British aircraft... 09.25.2018 | Courtesy Video (cut aways) Two F-35B Lightning II jets have successfully landed onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time, laying the foundations for the...
Auto-GCAS team integrates life-saving system on... 06.19.2019 | Story by Connie Hempel The F-35 Joint Program Office Auto Ground Collision Avoidance System team received the 2018 Robert J. Collier Trophy, June 13, for its rapid...
Test teams expand F-35B/C refueling envelope 03.27.2019 | Courtesy Story In March, teams from the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force and Edwards Air Force Base, California, completed testing on an improved probe light...
Pax River F-35 ITF leaves HMS Queen Elizabeth after... 11.19.2018 | Story by Connie Hempel F-35 Lightning stealth fighters have left HMS Queen Elizabeth after eight weeks flying on and off the 65,000-tonne warship, helping to write the...
First Aft-Facing Vertical Landing Made on Britain's... 11.16.2018 | Story by Connie Hempel The first aft-facing vertical landing was accomplished by a fast jet onto a British Queen Elizabeth Class carrier.
Band of Brothers share in birthday celebration 11.10.2018 | Story by Connie Hempel US Marines on board HMS Queen Elizabeth shared their birthday celebrations with Royal Marines and Royal Navy sailors.
F-35B completes initial testing aboard HMS Queen... 10.16.2018 | Courtesy Story NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md.—On Oct. 16 British sailors and members of the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Naval Air Station Patuxent...
F-35 ITF conducts first Shipborne Rolling Vertical... 10.13.2018 | Courtesy Story NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN — The first ever Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing (SRVL) was carried out last week with an F-35B conducting trials...
First test bombs dropped from HMS Queen... 10.09.2018 | Courtesy Story NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN — The first bombs have been dropped from F-35 Lightning fighter jets conducting trials on board Britain’s newest aircraft...