太平洋,2014年11月3日,美国海军 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队一架 F-35C“闪电”II 舰载型联合攻击战斗机在例行训练中的尼米兹号航空母舰上触舰重飞。VX-23中队的两架 F-35C 预计将进行为期两周的海上初始开发测试。(PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 3, 2014) An F-35C Lightning II carrier variant joint strike fighter conducts a touch and go landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Two joint strike fighters are conducting initial at-sea developmental testing expected to last two weeks.)