F-35B test aircraft accomplish formation test

Seeing JSFs (Joint Strike Fighters) flying around the base these days is pretty cool.  By sheer luck I managed to watch the first F-35B hover & landing, and I think I saw F-35C arrive on station… 🙂

At a test range near Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., two F-35B test aircraft accomplish a formation test point March 17.  Lockheed Martin test pilot David “Doc” Nelson flew BF-2 and Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Steve Long piloted BF-3. The F-35B and F-35C variants are undergoing test and evaluation for delivery to the Marine Corps and Navy respectively. (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin)