
The Navy has completed the first round of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter flight demonstration testing on an aircraft carrier and is confident it has resolved an earlier problem with the jet’s tailhook design. The testing aboard the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) began this month in waters off San Diego and was completed on Friday ahead of schedule, according to the Navy. It culminated with nighttime launch and recovery demonstrations with the carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, or F-35C. The…