Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan "Dog" Canin pilots BF-02, an F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the Pax River Integrated Test Force, during weapons environmental testing over the Eastern Shore of Maryland on July 22, 2015. The F-35B is a short take-off/vertical-landing aircraft designed to be the single strike fighter for the U.S. Marine Corps, replacing both the AV-8B Harrier and F/A-18 Hornet.
<br>Unit: F-35 Lighting II Pax River ITF
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Taken on 22 July 2015
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