Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Tabert, F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force test pilot, takes CF-5, a Navy F-35 variant, on one of the last system development and design tests with a 2,000 pound external weapons catapult March 19 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. The F-35C is a carrier variant designed for the Navy as a first-day-of-war, survivable strike fighter complement to the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. U. S. Navy

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