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U.S. sailors refuel an F-35C Lightning II carrier-variant joint strike fighter on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 4, 2015. The F-35C Lightning II Patuxent River Integrated Test Force is currently conducting follow-on sea trials aboard the Eisenhower. The sailors are assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jameson E. Lynch

Lightning Fuel

U.S. sailors refuel an F-35C Lightning II carrier-variant joint strike fighter on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 4, 2015. The F-35C Lightning II Patuxent River Integrated Test Force is currently conducting follow-on sea trials aboard the Eisenhower. The sailors are assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jameson E. Lynch

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