2016年1月14日，F-35B在爱德华兹空军基地进行发动机维修试车。（F-35B Engine Test Runs at Edwards AFB，An F-35B during a maintenance engine run at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Jan.14, 2016.）

加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地 F-35A“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机（编号：AF-06）执行第一次夜间飞行。（Lockheed Martin F-35A Performs First Night Flight.The first night flight in the history of the Lockheed Martin F-35 program was completed Jan. 18, 2012, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Piloted by Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Mark Ward, AF-6, an F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant, launched at 5:05 p.m. PST and landed after sunset at 6:22 p.m.AF-6 Flight 57, Pilot Mr. Mark Ward, January 18, 2012 Edwards AFB The first night flight for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.）

英国空军第17中队首架 F-35B 短距/垂直起降战斗机和曾经使用过的索普威思 F-1“骆驼”双翼机以及“喷火”战斗机在爱德华兹空军基地排列展示，以纪念该中队成立100周年，第17中队成立于1915年2月，参加过不列颠之战。2013年4月在爱德华兹空军基地改组为专门测试和评估 F-35B 的预备中队。（To mark the centenary of the formation of 17 Squadron a unique line up of aircraft was assembled at Edwards Air Force Base. Seen here are a Sopwith Camel (replica), Supermarine Spitfire XIV and Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II, three of the types flown by the squadron during the past 100 years. Formed at Gosport on 1 February 1915, 17(R) Test & Evaluation Squadron is today part of the multi-national Joint Operational Test Team at the California base. The unit, which comprises of both RAF and Fleet Air Arm personnel, is the first of the eight international partners in the F-35 programme to begin operational testing. The UK’s first F-35 Lightning II squadron has marked the centenary of its formation with a parade at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Formed in February 1915, 17(R) Squadron has served with distinction throughout its existence including the Battle of Britain. Today it is the test and evaluation squadron for the RAF and Fleet Air Arm's newest fighter, the fifth generation F-35B Lightning II.）

美国空军一架 F-35A 联合攻击战斗机在爱德华兹空军基地展示配套武器，其使用内置弹仓时携弹量为3500磅，使用全外挂模式时携弹量超过18000磅。（An F-35A at Edwards AFB, California, is pictured with its F-35 Systems Development and Demonstration Weapons Suite the aircraft is designed to carry. The F-35 can carry more than 3,500 pounds of ordinance in Low Observable (stealth) mode and over 18,000 pounds uncontested.）

2014年4月14日，美国空军二架 F-35A“闪电”II 常规型联合攻击战斗机在爱德华兹空军基地编队飞行，以测试机上的先进传感器。(The F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant’s advanced sensor package is designed to gather and distribute more information than any fighter in history.)

2014年4月14日，美国空军一架 F-35A“闪电”II 常规型联合攻击战斗机在爱德华兹空军基地测试先进传感器。(The F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant’s advanced sensor package is designed to gather and distribute more information than any fighter in history.)

2014年4月14日，美国空军一架 F-35A“闪电”II 常规型联合攻击战斗机在爱德华兹空军基地测试先进传感器。(The F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant’s advanced sensor package is designed to gather and distribute more information than any fighter in history.)

2014年4月14日，美国空军一架 F-35A“闪电”II 常规型联合攻击战斗机在爱德华兹空军基地测试先进传感器。(The F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant’s advanced sensor package is designed to gather and distribute more information than any fighter in history.)

2014年5月15日，美国空军一架 F-35A“闪电”II 常规型联合攻击战斗机在爱德华兹空军基地进行传感器测试飞行。(The F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant’s advanced sensor package is designed to gather and distribute more information than any fighter in history.)

2014年5月15日，美国空军一架 F-35A“闪电”II 常规型联合攻击战斗机在爱德华兹空军基地进行传感器测试飞行。(The F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant’s advanced sensor package is designed to gather and distribute more information than any fighter in history.)