Two U.S. Navy Lockheed Martin F-35C "Lightning II" and a Boeing F/A-18F "Super Hornet" of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX-23), together with a Grumman C-2A "Greyhound" of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 30 (VRC-30), conduct flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS "Nimitz" (CVN-68) in the Pacific Ocean. The F-35 "Lightning II" Pax River Integrated Test Force from VX-23 was conducting initial at-sea testing aboard "Nimitz".