Watch a F-35C Lightning II be lifted and flown by CH-53K King Stallion

A non-flyable F-35C Lightning II airframe is flown as part of a CH-53K King Stallion external load certification lift at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The structure is from the first F-35C carrier variant aircraft, CF-1, a former developmental flight test jet from the Patuxent River F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF). ITF test teams collaborated with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) and a Marine helicopter support team with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group to conduct the lift. #marines #f35 #ch53