New F-35 Test Pilot At Pax

Photo by Phaedra Loftis

USMC Maj. Richard Rusnok became the twenty-first pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off in F-35C CF-1 from NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, for a 1.5-hour test mission on 27 April 2011. This was Flight 55 for CF-1.