PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 5, 2016) – Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Reynagletendre, assigned to Weapons department on board amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), helps assemble inert 1,000-pound GBU-32 joint direct attack test munitions for the F-35B Lighting II aircraft. The F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant is the world’s first supersonic STOVL stealth aircraft. America, with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX-23) embarked, are underway conducting operational testing and the third phase of developmental te
PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 5, 2016) – Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Reynagletendre, assigned to Weapons department on board amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), helps assemble inert 1,000-pound GBU-32 joint direct attack test munitions for the F-35B Lighting II aircraft. The F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant is the world’s first supersonic STOVL stealth aircraft. America, with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX-23) embarked, are underway conducting operational testing and the third phase of developmental testing for the F-35B Lightning II aircraft, respectively. The tests will evaluate the full spectrum of joint strike fighter measures of suitability and effectiveness in an at-sea environment.
Size: 1796px × 1113px
Photo credit: © Apple White / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: -35b, 11th, 6, 17, 21, 57, 5th, 6th, 80, 92, 181, 2016, 2017, activities, air, airmen, america, antonio, archive, armed, bahrain, base, bay, bhr, bonhomme, camera, carney, cg, cg-57, combat, comcam, cooperative, corps, county, creek, day, ddg, deck, defence, deployment, depot, destroyer, developmental, diego, dq503, dt-iii, elberg, endurance, eod, exercise, expeditionary, fighter, fleet, flight, forces, greece, homecoming, homeport, hsc, hyuga, ii, island, italy, japan, jeb, joint, js, keen, kids, kingdom, kitsap, lha, lhd, lhd6, library, lightning, lpd, makin, marine, marines, maritime, meu, military, momsen, naswi, naval, navy, necc, nmcs, norfolk, nse, operations, pacific, pecos, people, photo, quarters, ras, recruit, relationships, replenishment--sea, reportage, richard, roosevelt, sailor, sailors, san, sasebo, servicemen, souda, states, station, strategy, strike, sword, taylor, testing, time, toddler, uk, underway, united, usa, usn, usns, uss, vests, veterans, virginia, vmx-1, vx-23, whidbey
