ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 4, 2015) Lt. Chris “TJ” Karapostoles, an F-35 Lightning II test pilot from the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF), is catapulted from the flight deck of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Two F-35Cs assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 are conducting the second phase of F-35 carrier suitability and integration developmental testing (DT-II) at sea. In 2014, Karapostoles served as a Landing Signal Officer (LSO) during the first phase of testing aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). ( Navy photo courtesy Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe/

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 4, 2015) Lt. Chris “TJ” Karapostoles, an F-35 Lightning II test pilot from the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF), is catapulted from the flight deck of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Two F-35Cs assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 are conducting the second phase of F-35 carrier suitability and integration developmental testing (DT-II) at sea. In 2014, Karapostoles served as a Landing Signal Officer (LSO) during the first phase of testing aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). ( Navy photo courtesy Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe/Released)

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