Naval Air Station Patuxent River

F-35B In “Third Day Of War” External Weapons Load Configuration Demonstrates Ski Jump Launch in U.S. for Royal Navy.

August 24, 2017 Tom Demerly 17

Check Out This Cool New Video of F-35B Doing Ski Jump Launch Trials for the QE2. British Aerospace test pilot Peter “Wizzer” Wilson demonstrated the F-35B Lightning II’s capability to launch from a ski-jump style […]

Take a look at these fantastic photographs of USN aircraft flying over USS Zumwalt advanced guided-missile destroyer

October 19, 2016 David Cenciotti 20

MQ-4C, E-2C, C-2A, P-8A, F-35 and SH-60R flew over USS Zumwalt in Chesapeake USS Zumwalt, the U.S. Navy’s newest and most technologically advanced surface ship, was commissioned in Baltimore, Maryland, on Oct. 15 during the […]

F-35C carrier variant JSF drops first AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)

April 1, 2016 David Cenciotti 13

The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force conducted the first weapons separation test of an AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) from an F-35C. On Mar. 23, during flight 180 over the NAVAIR Atlantic […]

F-35 arrival at NAS Patuxent River after first transatlantic crossing B-roll and pilot interview

February 7, 2016 David Cenciotti 2

Interesting video with pilot interview provides some interesting details about the F-35’s first transatlantic crossing. On Feb. 5, the Italian Air Force’s first F-35, dubbed AL-1 and serialled MM7332 (with code “32-01” and markings of […]

US Navy bids farewell to the T-2 Buckeye trainer

September 30, 2015 Dario Leone 0

On Sep. 25, the venerable T-2 took its final flight at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, ending a 56-year career. Developed to be used from early flight training right on to carrier indoctrination, the first […]