First Arrestment of an F-35C with External Weapons
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Daniel “Tonto” Kitts, an F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter test pilot assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23, landed in the history books when he performed the first arrestment of an F-35C Lightning II with external weapons at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., Feb. 10, 2016. This week, Israel will be the first U.S. partner to receive the F-35. Navy photo by Dane Wiedmann