太平洋圣迭哥海岸,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低速飞越例行训练中的尼米兹号航空母舰。该中队的两架 F-35C 依计划将进行为期两周的海上初始开发测试。(CF-03 FLT 182/CF-05 FLT 91 First Arrestment aboard USS Nimitz on 03 November 2014. CDR Tony Wilson was flying CF-03 and LCDR Ted Dyckman was flying CF-05. Developmental Testing I (DT-I) is the first of three at-sea test phases planned for the U.S. Navy's F-35C carrier variant.)