F-35C Makes First Carrier Landing

摘要

Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning Ⅱ programme passed another milestone on November 3 when a US Navy F-35C made the first ever arrested landing on an aircraft carrier. The aircraft, development F-35C CF-03 'SD-73' from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX-23) The Salty Dogs' at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, touched down at 12:18 on the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) off the coast of San Diego, California. US Navy test pilot Cmdr Tony 'Brick' Wilson was at the controls for the landing, which is part of an initial at-sea Developmental Testing Ⅰ (DT-I) for the F-35C.