During the first few days of the First of Class Flight Trials (Fixed Wing) in September to October, the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force team worked on getting four ITF test pilots daytime qualified with two F-35B test jets from the ITF while embarked on the HMS Queen Elizabeth. The primary objective of the first round of FOCFT(FW) testing was to formulate a release to service recommendation to the United Kingdom for F-35B operational testing from Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. US Navy photo