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First F-35C landing on CVN 79

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U.S. Navy, MCSN Kaitlyn Bailey · U.S. government work (public domain). Linked, not rehosted.

On 13 October 2026, an F-35C of VX-23 made the first F-35C arrested landing on PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) in the Atlantic, during Aircraft Compatibility Testing. This page links the DVIDS photo. It does not rehost it. The place is the Atlantic, as stated with the test, not a ship position.

What
First F-35C landing on CVN 79
Where
Atlantic
When
2026-10-13
Source
U.S. Navy
Credit
U.S. Navy, MCSN Kaitlyn Bailey
License
U.S. government work (public domain). Linked, not rehosted.
Details
Official release · U.S. Navy · Atlantic

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Sources and credit

  1. U.S. Navy
  2. Field footage: the full record

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