The Navy’s new stealth fighter jet completed its first arrested landing on an aircraft carrier this week, and yes, this piece of aviation history was caught on camera. The F-35C Lightning II was landed by test pilot Cmdr. Tony Wilson on the USS Nimitz off the coast of San Diego, according the Navy’s news release. “Today is a landmark event in the development of the F-35C,” Wilson, a Navy pilot with Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, said Monday in a statement. “It is the culmination of many years of hard work by a talented team of thousands. I’m very excited to see America’s newest aircraft on the flight deck of her oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz.”
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 16:57:54 +0000
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