Keywords: F-35B Lightning II Completes First Land-based Ski Jump Launch 150619-D-AW822-318.jpg en The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 conducted the first-ever ski jump of an F-35B Lightning II short take-off/vertical-landing variant June 19 During flight 298 BAE test pilot Peter Wilson launched aircraft BF-04 from a land-based ski jump located aboard NAS Patuxent River This test is the first of a series of U K ski jump events scheduled for 2015 Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe 2015-06-19 VX https //www dvidshub net/image/2024613 150619-D-AW822-318 2015-06-24 00 00 PATUXENT RIVER MD US 4 PD-USGov F-35B Lightning II Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ 2015 in aviation in the United States F-35B Lightning II at Naval Air Station Patuxent River |