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A closeup of an F-35B on the deck of a British aircraft carrier

Landing Completed

British Royal Navy Cmdr. Nathan Gray sits in his F-35B Lightning II after making the first deck landing aboard Britain’s newest aircraft carrier, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, Sept. 25, 2018. Gray is a test pilot with the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.

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