The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) successfully completed Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) Carrier Qualifications for the F-35C Lightning II program, carrier qualifying the first nine fleet aviators in the new aircraft, while underway at the end of 2017. 

One of the milestones was with the information infrastructure, ALIS that allows operators to plan, maintain, and sustain systems over the F-35Cs. The system provides a secure way to transmit up-to-date operations, maintenance, prognostic, support, training and technical data to users and technicians worldwide. USS Abraham Lincoln operated in inclement weather during a portion of the qualification process, which gave the squadrons varying condition to test the new landing system, JPALS. Prior to this underway, F-35Cs only used JPALS for developmental testing.