ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 8, 2015) Two test pilots from the F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 prepare to conduct night flight test operations for the first time aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The Pax River ITF is onboard the Eisenhower for the second Developmental Test (DT-II) phase. Cmdr. Ted “Dutch” Dyckman was the pilot for aircraft 73/CF-03 and Cmdr. Christian “Wilson” Sewell was the pilot for aircraft 75/CF-05. During the F-35’s 2014 DT-I operations aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Dyckman launched into

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 8, 2015) Two test pilots from the F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 prepare to conduct night flight test operations for the first time aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The Pax River ITF is onboard the Eisenhower for the second Developmental Test (DT-II) phase. Cmdr. Ted “Dutch” Dyckman was the pilot for aircraft 73/CF-03 and Cmdr. Christian “Wilson” Sewell was the pilot for aircraft 75/CF-05. During the F-35’s 2014 DT-I operations aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Dyckman launched into the history books as the first test pilot to conduct F-35 night operations — and the first to conduct night operations during a DT-I event, an unheard of feat since the Navy’s F-4 era. ( Navy photo courtesy Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe/Released)

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