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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 18, 2023) U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 and Royal Navy sailors prepare an F-35C Lightning II aircraft from VX-23 for flight operations aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09) in the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 18, 2023. A test team from the Pax River F-35 Integrated Test Force (PAX ITF), F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO), is integrated with the ship's company conducting F-35B flight test as part of developmental test phase 3 (DT-3) flight trials during the ship's deployment to the U.S. Eastern Seaboard for WESTLANT 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Kyra Helwick)
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