Inaugural F-35B Ski Jump Launch Makes History

PATUXENT RIVER, MD, UNITED STATES

06.19.2015

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F-35 Lightning II Pax River ITF   

The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 conducted the first-ever ski jump of an F-35B Lightning II short take-off/vertical-landing (STOVL) variant June 19. During flight 298, BAE test pilot Peter Wilson launched aircraft BF-04 from a land-based ski jump located aboard NAS Patuxent River. This test is the first of a series of U.K. ski jump events scheduled for 2015. Lockheed Martin video by Dane Wiedmann

• Date Taken: 06.19.2015
• Date Posted: 06.24.2015 00:06
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 411487
• VIRIN: 150619-D-DW096-096
• Filename: DOD_102543838
• Length: 00:00:40
• Location: PATUXENT RIVER, MD, US