2014年3月7日，美国加利福尼亚州，美国空军 F-35A“闪电”II 常规起降型系统发展与验证机在大迎角试飞时飞越爱德华兹空军基地，留下长长的飞行轨迹，试飞员是文森特卡特里纳。（F-35A aircraft AF-4, flown by test pilot Vincent Caterina, executes a High Angle of Attack mission profile on a test flight over Edwards AFB, Calif. on Mar 7, 2014.FORT WORTH, Texas, April 15, 2014 - The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II fleet recently surpassed 15,000 flight hours, marking a major milestone for the program.）

2012年11月3日，美国加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地，美国空军 F-35A“闪电”II 常规起降型系统发展与验证机开始进入大迎角试飞阶段，将分架次从20度逐步增加至设计限制的50度。（F-35A test aircraft AF-4 flies a high angle of attack (AOA) mission Nov. 3. The F-35 is designed to fly to a 50 degree angle of attack, which was achieved on the fourth AOA test mission. The aircraft has an emergency spin chute installed to help return the aircraft to controlled flight in the case that AOA test push the aircraft out of flight control limits.）

2012年11月3日，美国加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地，美国空军 F-35A“闪电”II 常规起降型系统发展与验证机开始进入大迎角试飞阶段，将分架次从20度逐步增加至设计限制的50度。（F-35A test aircraft AF-4 flies a high angle of attack (AOA) mission Nov. 3. The F-35 is designed to fly to a 50 degree angle of attack, which was achieved on the fourth AOA test mission. The aircraft has an emergency spin chute installed to help return the aircraft to controlled flight in the case that AOA test push the aircraft out of flight control limits.）

2012年11月3日，美国加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地，美国空军 F-35A“闪电”II 常规起降型系统发展与验证机开始进入大迎角试飞阶段，将分架次从20度逐步增加至设计限制的50度。（EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., November 19, 2012 – An F-35A Lightning II conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft rapidly expanded its high angle of attack (AOA) test envelope to its 50 degree limit in only four flights during recent flight testing here. F-35A test aircraft are limited to AOAs of 20 degrees until their controllability is proven at a higher AOA limit of 50 degrees. The ability to rapidly progress to the maximum AOA indicates a sound aerodynamic and flight control system design. High AOA testing will continue on the F-35A for several months testing the capabilities of all design loadings and the flight control system.）

2012年5月9日，埃格林空军基地 F-35A 进行第500架次飞行，由埃里克·史密斯中校驾驶。（Lt Col Eric Smith flight in F-35 at Eglin Air Force Base，Eglin Completes 500TH F-35 Sortie.）

2011年1月22日，美国加利福尼亚州，洛克希德·马丁AF-04号 F-35A“闪电”II 原型机飞抵爱德华兹空军基地准备降落。该机从德克萨斯州沃斯堡联合后备基地起飞，经过3.2小时飞行抵达。这是第5架也是最后一架 F-35A 常规起降原型机进驻爱德华兹空军基地进行测试。此时的F-35项目已经进行了578次飞行测试。（A Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter comes in for a landing at Edwards AFB, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 22, after a 3.2-hour ferry flight from Fort Worth, Texas. The jet, known as AF-4, is the fifth F-35A conventional takeoff and landing aircraft to ferry to Edwards for testing. To date, the F-35 program has achieved 578 total test flights.）