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F-35C Performs Two Successful At-Sea Carrier Tests

Friday, November 7th, 2014

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The Navy’s F-35C aircraft carrier variant performed two successful traps Nov. 3 in its first at-sea tests on a carrier, according to the Defense Department’s F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO). F-35 Program Executive Officer (PEO) Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan said Oct. 30 these F-35Cs were two airplanes with the “full envelope,” something he said earlier this summer was thought as “not even possible” due to issues with the arresting hook and the nose gear. The Marine Corps' F-35B.…

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