UK Fighter joins F-35B DT-II

UNITED STATES

08.28.2013

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F-35 Lightning II Pax River ITF   

Taking place over a three week period in August 2013, two F-35B’s from the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, detached aboard USS Wasp for a variety of at-sea testing to prove the operability of the stealth jet aboard a Marine LHD class ship. This was the second of three total developmental tests for the F-35B, known as DT-II. The test period was noted for conducting the first night takeoffs and landings at sea for the F-35B, for its testing of heavyweight operations with internal weapons loaded on the jets, and for expanding the wind envelope for working at-sea. In addition, this detachment saw Royal Air Force Pilot, Squadron Leader Jim Schofield, become the first foreign pilot to fly an F-35B at sea and personnel from the Royal Navy participating in operations aboard the ship in preparation for integrating the F-35B aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth for future flight operations.
Video Courtesy Lockheed Martin
Videographers: Layne Laughter and Jeff Flamer

• Date Taken: 08.28.2013
• Date Posted: 02.27.2018 11:03
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 586676
• VIRIN: 130828-N-ZZ999-0001
• Filename: DOD_105348386
• Length: 00:03:05
• Location: US