Posted: 10/01/2013
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 22, 2013) The F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, piloted by Marine Corps Capt. Justin Carlson, assigned to Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., performs the first F-35C weapon separation by releasing the 500-pound inert Guided Bomb Unit (GBU) 12 over an Atlantic test range. (U.S. Navy photo)