ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 6, 2015) Cmdr. Tony “Brick” Wilson, an F-35 Lightning II test pilot from the Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, prepares to launch aircraft 75/CF-05 from the flight deck of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). As of Sept. 1, the F-35 Lightning II program has surpassed 40,000 combined flight hours between F-35 military fleet aircraft and System Development and Demonstration (SDD) test aircraft. ( Navy photo courtesy Lockheed Martin photo by Andrew McMurtrie/Released)

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