ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 8, 2015) Cmdr. Christian “Wilson” Sewell, a test pilot from the F-35 Lightning II Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, prepares to launch from a catapult aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during night operations on the second developmental test (DT-II) phase of the F-35 Lightning II carrier variant. Sewell is the VX-23 F-35 Lightning II Government Flight Test Director and the VX-9 Operational Test Liaison. ( Navy photo courtesy Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe/Released)

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