The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 conducted the first-ever ski jump of an F-35B Lightning II short take-off/vertical-landing 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 photo by Andy Wolfe.
<br>Unit: F-35 Lighting II Pax River ITF
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Taken on 19 June 2015
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