F-35C Lightning II Conducts First Night Flight Ops During Developmental Testing aboard USS Nimitz

14 nov. 2014 US navy

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 13, 2014) F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Joint Strike Fighters conduct night flight deck operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) off the coast of San Diego. These milestones are part of initial at-sea Developmental Testing I (DT-I) for the F-35C, which commenced Nov. 3 and is expected to last two weeks. The F-35C is the carrier variant (CV) of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter designed for the U.S. Navy as a first-day-of-war, survivable strike fighter complement to the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. (U.S. Navy video/Released)