ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 5, 2015) Aircraft launch and recovery personnel from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) signal to Lt. Chris “TJ” Karapostoles, an F-35 Lightning II test pilot, as he prepares to launch aircraft 73/CF-03. Based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Karapostoles and a highly diverse cadre of PAX ITF technicians, maintainers, engineers, logisticians, support staff and test pilots have been conducting carrier suitability and integration testing of the F-35C carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter aboard the Mighty IKE. ( Navy photo courtesy Lockheed Martin photo by Andrew McMur

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 5, 2015) Aircraft launch and recovery personnel from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) signal to Lt. Chris “TJ” Karapostoles, an F-35 Lightning II test pilot, as he prepares to launch aircraft 73/CF-03. Based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Karapostoles and a highly diverse cadre of PAX ITF technicians, maintainers, engineers, logisticians, support staff and test pilots have been conducting carrier suitability and integration testing of the F-35C carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter aboard the Mighty IKE. ( Navy photo courtesy Lockheed Martin photo by Andrew McMurtrie/Released)

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