First F-35C operational tests at sea underway on CVN-72

By Justin Katz / August 31, 2018 at 3:44 PM
ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) -- The Navy is conducting the first operational tests at sea of the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln. "This is the first time the F-35C has been to sea on a Navy aircraft carrier to do missions," Rear Adm. Dale Horan, director of Joint Strike Fighter fleet integration, told reporters aboard the ship Aug. 27. "Previously, they were just out here doing carrier qualifications. . . . Now they...

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