Marine’s new CH-53K helicopter transports F-35... 04.24.2024 | Photo by Kyra Helwick U.S. Marines flying a CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter transported an F-35C Lightning II airframe from the F-35 Integrated Test Force at...
F-35C flight test with AAG test team at... 02.26.2024 | Photo by Dane Wiedmann U.S. Navy Cmdr. William “Carney” Bowen, test pilot, lands an F-35C Lightning II fighter aircraft at the Runway Arrested Landing Site (RALS),...
UK weapons technician receives RAF Long Service and... 02.11.2024 | Photo by Michael Land Royal Air Force Cpl. Dan Housden, weapons technician, Patuxent River F-35 Integrated Test Force, poses in front of an F-35C Lightning II fighter...
Under Secretary of the Navy visits Pax River F-35 ITF 01.31.2024 | Photo by Kyra Helwick Under Secretary of the Navy Erik Raven visits the Patuxent River F-35 Integrated Test Force facility during a visit to Naval Air Station Patuxent...
F-35, HMS Prince of Wales flight trials yield data... 11.05.2023 | Photo by Michael Land An HMS Prince of Wales aircraft handler marshals an F-35B Lightning II on the flight deck of the U.K.'s newest aircraft carrier Nov. 5, the last...
Photos from Sunday’s flight deck action 10.29.2023 | Photo by Michael Land The weekend was a blur, but things got straightened up and sorted out. Now we’re all lined up for the week. (Photo by Michael D. Jackson)
F-35 test team performs first night SRVL aboard HMS... 10.29.2023 | Photo by Kyra Helwick U.S. Marine Corps test pilot Maj. Paul Gucwa performs a vertical landing (VL) in an F-35B Lightning II short takeoff vertical landing (STOVL)...
Cloudy with a Chance of Lightning 10.27.2023 | Photo by Michael Land An F-35 Lightning II test pilot prepares to launch for a short takeoff during night flight test aboard U.K. aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales...
Marine’s new CH-53K helicopter transports F-35... 04.24.2024 | Video by Dane Wiedmann U.S. Marines flying a CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter transported an F-35C Lightning II airframe from the F-35 Integrated Test Force at...
F-35 test pilot flies first roll-on landing aboard... 10.19.2023 | Video by Kyra Helwick An F-35 Lightning II test pilot performed the first roll-on landing of an F-35B fighter jet aboard the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier off...
F-35B with internal, external weapons flight test... 10.14.2023 | Video by Michael Land Patuxent River F-35 Integrated Test Force (PAX ITF) weapons handlers load an F-35B Lightning II short takeoff vertical landing variant (STOVL)...
DT-3 F-35B First of Class Flight Trials HMS Prince... 10.08.2023 | Video by Kyra Helwick Members of the NAS Patuxent River F-35 Integrated Test Force embarked aboard the U.K. Royal Navy's HMS Prince of Wales for four weeks of flight...
Non-flyable F-35C airframe lifted by CH-53K 12.13.2022 | Video by Dane Wiedmann A non-flyable F-35C Lightning II airframe is flown as part of a CH-53K King Stallion external load certification lift Dec. 13, 2022, at Naval Air...
F-35C Catapult Testing 04.08.2022 | Video by Kyra Helwick and Dane Wiedmann Testers at the Patuxent River F-35 Integrated Test Force perform ground based catapults with external GBU-38/54.
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
First of Class Flight Trials (Fixed Wing) Highlights 11.19.2018 | Courtesy Video Highlights from first of class flight trials (fixed wing).
RAF non-commissioned weapons technician earns... 02.28.2024 | Story by Michael Land NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD -- A Royal Air Force corporal helping integrate United Kingdom weapons on the F-35 Lightning II fighter...
F-35, HMS Prince of Wales flight trials yield data... 11.09.2023 | Story by Michael Land 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...
F-35 test team performs first night SRVL aboard HMS... 10.30.2023 | Story by Michael Land 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...
UK ITF members train PWLS ship’s company in... 10.27.2023 | Story by Michael Land U.K. weapons personnel embedded with the Patuxent River F-35 Integrated Test Force (PAX ITF) recently carried out essential training with HMS...
F-35 test team, HMS Prince of Wales ship’s... 10.26.2023 | Story by Michael Land WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 26, 2023) — The autumn mix of red, brown, yellow, and green reflective and life preserver vests are muted under...
F-35 test pilot flies first roll-on landing aboard... 10.23.2023 | Story by Michael Land An F-35 Lightning II test pilot performed the first roll-on landing of an F-35B fighter jet aboard the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier off...
F-35B Lightning II joins HMS Prince of Wales 10.11.2023 | Story by Michael Land 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...