F-35B test jet begins sea trials with Japanese multi-functional destroyer in eastern Pacific Ocean
October 23, 2024
October 23, 2024
CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news:
PACIFIC OCEAN
A U.S. F-35 Lightning II aircraft landed aboard Japan's Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) for the first time Oct. 20 off the southern coast of California to begin developmental test aboard the allies' largest ship.
Royal Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nick Baker, a test pilot with the F-35 Patuxent River Inte . . .
PACIFIC OCEAN
A U.S. F-35 Lightning II aircraft landed aboard Japan's Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) for the first time Oct. 20 off the southern coast of California to begin developmental test aboard the allies' largest ship.
Royal Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nick Baker, a test pilot with the F-35 Patuxent River Inte . . .