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Lt. Col. Fred Schenk lifts off in F-35B Lightning II BF-02 from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp on October 4th, 2011. [USNavy photo by PO3. Andrew M. Rivard]
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F-35B Lightning II BF-02 is secured in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp on October 4th, 2011. [USNavy photo by PO3. Andrew M. Rivard]
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An aviation boatswain's mate directs F-35B BF-02 after it finishes the first vertical landing on a flight deck at sea aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD-1) while in the Atlantic Ocean on October 3rd, 2011. [USNavy photo by MC1. Justin K. Thomas]
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F-35B BF-02 lands on a flight deck at sea aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD-1) while in the Atlantic Ocean on October 3rd, 2011. [USNavy photo by MC3. Natasha R. Chalk]
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The F-35B BF-02 takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) for day three of ship trials on October 5th, 2011. [USNavy photo by MC3. Natasha R. Chalk]
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The F-35B BF-02 performs a vertical landing for ship trials aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) on October 5th, 2011. [USNavy photo by MC3. Natasha R. Chalk]
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An F-35C test aircraft CF-01 with an F/A-18E Super Hornet prepares for two-aircraft jet blast deflector testing. F-35C carrier suitability testing is ongoing with catapult and arrestment test events through the rest of the year, leading up to initial ship trials in 2013. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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BF-04, the second F-35B test aircraft to land aboard amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1), flies to the ship on October 6th, 2011 with Marine Corps Maj. Richard Rusnok at the controls. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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F-35B BF-2 continues ship suitability testing aboard the USS WASP (LHD-1) on October 7th, 2011. USMC pilot Lt. Col. Fred Schenk at the controls. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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The Navy and Marine Corps Team made more remarkable naval aviation history as the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) test aircraft BF-02 landed safely on USS Wasp's (LHD-1) flight deck on October 20th, 2011. The first at sea vertical landing for the Marine Corps' F-35 JSF version. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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The Navy and Marine Corps Team made more remarkable naval aviation history as the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) test aircraft BF-02 landed safely on USS Wasp's (LHD-1) flight deck on October 20th, 2011. The first at sea vertical landing for the Marine Corps' F-35 JSF version. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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F-35B BF-02 flown by LtCol Matthew Kelly during Flight 127 departs the USS WASP (LHD-1) for the return flight to Patuxent River on October 11th, 2011. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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F-35B BF-02 seen during a sunrise engine run during ship suitability testing aboard the USS WASP (LHD-1) on October 10th, 2011. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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F-35B BF-04's arrival on the USS Wasp with Test Pilot Maj Richard Rusnok at the controls of Flight 70 during ship suitability testing aboard the USS WASP (LHD-1) on October 6th, 2011. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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F-35B BF-04 seen hovering over the deck during ship suitability testing aboard the USS WASP (LHD-1) in October 16th, 2011. [Lockheed Martin photo]
