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Teh One Who Knocks
11-12-2014, 12:14 PM
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Two F-35C Lightning fighters are set for launch from the catapults of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Pacific Ocean last week. The F-35C, the Navy's newest fighter jet, began testing aboard the carrier on November 3, 2014. It is expected to be deployed to the fleet in 2018.


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An F-35C passes over the deck of the USS Nimitz during testing.


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An F-35C is prepared for launch from the USS Nimitz.


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An F-35C comes in for a landing aboard the USS Nimitz.


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An F-35C jet lands on the deck of the USS Nimitz. To stop, the jet uses a tailhook to grab a wire stretched across the aircraft carrier's deck.


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The F-35C is just one version of the aircraft that the Pentagon has developed for use by the Marines and Air Force.


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An F-35C is launched from a catapult aboard the USS Nimitz.


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An F-35C is prepared for launch from the USS Nimitz during testing that began November 3. Testing of the Navy's newest fighter jet is expected to continue for a few weeks.

FBD
11-12-2014, 01:41 PM
F35, the poster child for top down build us one thing that does everything and make it cost a hundred times what it should.


when I heard they were canceling the f22s because they said oh well we have f355s and they can take off vertically, I just laughed.

and then shook my head.

I hate F35s, but its good they've got a wet bar and a gold plated shitter in 'em :roll: not even close to a match for an f22 though.