英国BAE公司试飞员在帕塔克森特河海军航空站驾驶BF-01号 F-35B“闪电”Ⅱ 进行滑跃起飞实验。（BAE Systems pilot and ski jump project lead Peter "Wizzer" Wilson pilots aircraft BF-1 during ski jump testing at NAS Patuxent River on Sept. 16, 2015. These tests are being conducted in anticipation of eventual U.K. aircraft carrier operations.）

英国BAE公司试飞员在帕塔克森特河海军航空站驾驶BF-01号 F-35B“闪电”Ⅱ 进行滑跃起飞实验。（BAE Systems pilot and ski jump project lead Peter "Wizzer" Wilson pilots aircraft BF-1 during ski jump testing at NAS Patuxent River on Sept. 16, 2015. These tests are being conducted in anticipation of eventual U.K. aircraft carrier operations.）

美英联合测试团队利用 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队BF-04号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在帕塔克森特河海军航空站进行第二次滑跃起飞实验时垂降。这也是 BF-04 第三百次飞行。（During the 300th flight of aircraft BF-04, the F-35B Lightning II Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant of the fifth generation stealth fighter performs one of its standard vertical landings aboard NAS Patuxent River on July 10. To date, the F-35 program has surpassed 36,000 combined flight hours between F-35 military fleet aircraft and System Development and Demonstration (SDD) test aircraft. The F-35 Operational Fleet features 112 aircraft and the F-35 Test Fleet features 18 aircraft.）

美英联合测试团队利用 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队BF-04号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在帕塔克森特河海军航空站进行第二次滑跃起飞实验，以确保这种飞机可以兼容英国和意大利航空母舰。这也是 BF-04 第三百次飞行。（The joint U.S.-U.K. test team from the F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF) conducted a second ski jump launch of the F-35B Lightning II multi-role Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft July 10. This test also marked the 300th flight of aircraft BF-04.）

美国海军 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队BF-04号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在帕塔克森特河海军航空站进行首次滑跃起飞实验，以确保这种飞机可以兼容英国和意大利航空母舰。（The Pax River ITF conducts the first-ever ski jump of an F-35 Lightning II during flight 298 of aircraft BF-04 aboard NAS Patuxent River June 19, 2015. The multi-phase ski jump tests will determine the aircraft’s compatibility with ski jumps aboard British and Italian aircraft carriers. Curved at its leading edge, a ski jump ramp simultaneously launches aircraft upward and forward, allowing aircraft to take off from shorter carriers with more weight and less end-speed.）

美国海军 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机（BAE公司试飞员彼得·威尔逊驾驶）在帕塔克森特河海军航空站进行首次滑跃起飞实验，以确保这种飞机可以兼容英国和意大利航空母舰。（The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 conducted the first-ever ski jump of an F-35B Lightning II short take-off/vertical-landing (STOVL) variant June 19. During flight 298, BAE test pilot Peter Wilson launched aircraft BF-04 from a land-based ski jump located aboard NAS Patuxent River. This test is the first of a series of U.K. ski jump events scheduled for 2015. Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe.）

美国海军 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机（BAE公司试飞员彼得·威尔逊驾驶）在帕塔克森特河海军航空站进行首次滑跃起飞实验，以确保这种飞机可以兼容英国和意大利航空母舰。（The Pax River ITF conducts the first-ever ski jump of an F-35 Lightning II during flight 298 of aircraft BF-04 aboard NAS Patuxent River June 19, 2015. The multi-phase ski jump tests will determine the aircraft’s compatibility with ski jumps aboard British and Italian aircraft carriers. Curved at its leading edge, a ski jump ramp simultaneously launches aircraft upward and forward, allowing aircraft to take off from shorter carriers with more weight and less end-speed.）