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Military Aviation News December 3, 2018

Pax River F-35 ITF leaves HMS Queen Elizabeth after ‘eclipsing aspirations’

F-35 Lightning jets from the Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF) left HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), Nov. 19, 2018, after eight weeks flying on and…

Military Aviation News August 27, 2018

Pax River ITF to conduct first-time trials onboard partner nation’s carrier

After years of partnership within the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, U.S. and United Kingdom team members from the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test…

Military Aviation News January 22, 2018

F-35 Pax River ITF expands expeditionary envelope for USMC

The F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force team brings the U.S. Marine Corps’ F-35B one step closer to initial operational test and evaluation as they…

General Aviation News May 30, 2016

Vintage plane crashes in Hudson River

A World War II-era plane crashed Friday in New York City’s Hudson River, and a body was recovered from inside the aircraft, authorities said. The…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News February 4, 2015

Taiwan plane crashes into river after take-off, killing 23

* Dramatic footage shows stricken plane’s wing clipping taxi, motorway * “Mayday Mayday engine flameout”: air traffic control recording * Passengers swim, wade away…

Military Aviation News November 20, 2012

Second production-level F-35B arrives at Patuxent River BF-18 temporarily adds to test fleet

Navy test pilot Lt. Christopher Tabert taxis BF-18, a production-level F-35B variant of the Lightning II, after arrival Nov. 8. BF-18 temporarily adds to the…

Military Aviation News October 10, 2012

First production-level F-35B arrives at NAS Patuxent River

BF-17, part of the third lot of Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP 3) F-35B Lightning II aircraft, arrives at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.,…

Military Aviation News July 30, 2012

Navy conducts Pax River’s first flight of X-47B unmanned aircraft

The Navy made Pax River history today after it conducted the naval air station’s historic first flight of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS)…

Military Aviation News June 14, 2012

Second X-47B UCAS-D arrives at NAS Patuxent River

It was not an ordinary morning at Pax River when a large flatbed truck hauling the fighter-sized X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) entered…

Military Aviation News May 15, 2012

X-47B gears up for summer milestones

In recent months, Pax River personnel may have noticed a new, uniquely shaped tailless aircraft on the runway, the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator…

Military Aviation News October 27, 2011

F-35C completes initial catapult testing

F-35 integrated test force personnel and F-35C test aircraft CF-3 returned to NAS Patuxent River last week after completing two major catapult test events. Starting…

Military Aviation News July 5, 2011

Cargo UAS tests to begin at Pax

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md.â€”The Navy and Marine Corps plans to field a cargo unmanned aircraft system are moving forward as the first of…

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