F-35B test jet begins sea trials with Japanese multi-functional destroyer in eastern Pacific Ocean

ABOARD THE JAPANESE SHIP (JS) KAGA IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN – A U.S. F-35 Lightning II aircraft landed aboard Japan’s Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) for the first time Oct. 20 off the southern coast of California to begin developmental test aboard the allies’ largest ship.