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Aviation Week & Space Technology 2013-09-02

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Two F-35B Joint Strike Fighters have conducted 19 night sorties, including short takeoffs (STO) and vertical landings (VL) on the USS Wasp amphibious assault ship.

Sep 02, 2013
These are among the 94 STOs and 95 VLs conducted thus far in Developmental Testing 2, a follow-on to a set of day-only DT trials in 2011. The trials, slated to end last week, are designed to open the envelope to include night flying around the ship, different approaches and headings for landings and conducting these operations in varying wind conditions. So far, testing has been conducted in headwinds of 35 kt and crosswinds of 15 kt, says Navy Capt. Kurt Kastner, executive officer of the Wasp, which was operating about 35 mi. offshore.