美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地周边空域，美国海军陆战队VMFAT-501战斗/攻击机训练中队二架 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机在首次空中加油训练中编队飞行在 KC-130J 空中加油机的右侧。(Two F-35B Joint Strike Fighters conduct the first aerial refueling of its kind with a KC-130J Hercules in the sky above Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 2. Previous aerial refueling operations with the F-35 had been conducted with test aircraft.)

美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地周边空域，美国海军陆战队VMFAT-501战斗/攻击机训练中队的 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机在首次空中加油训练中飞行在 KC-130J 空中加油机的右侧。(An F-35B Joint Strike Fighter conducts the first aerial refueling of its kind with a KC-130J Hercules in the sky above Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 2. Previous aerial refueling operations with the F-35 have been conducted only with test aircraft.)

美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，美国海军陆战队VMFAT-501战斗/攻击机训练中队的 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机在首次空中加油训练中飞行在 KC-130J 空中加油机的左方。(An F-35B Joint Strike Fighter conducts the first aerial refueling of its kind with a KC-130J Hercules in the sky above Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 2. Previous aerial refueling operations with the F-35 have been conducted only with test aircraft.)

美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，美国海军陆战队VMFAT-501战斗/攻击机训练中队的 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机在首次空中加油训练中飞行在 KC-130J 空中加油机的左下方。(An F-35B Joint Strike Fighter conducts the first aerial refueling of its kind with a KC-130J Hercules in the sky above Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 2. Previous aerial refueling operations with the F-35 have been conducted only with test aircraft.)

一架佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地 VFA-101 战斗攻击机中队的 F-35C“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机飞抵弗吉尼亚州欧希安纳海军航空站，为海军飞行员和地勤人员提供熟悉新一代战斗机的机会，接收飞行和维护简报。(Lt. Scott Cleveland, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, is directed to park the F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter after landing at Naval Air Station Oceana. The aircraft will provide fleet aviators and maintainers an opportunity to view the aircraft and receive briefings from the flight crew and maintainers. The aircraft is the carrier variant of the Lockheed Martin built aircraft and is assigned to VFA-101 based at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.)

美国南卡罗来纳州博福特海军陆战队航空站，美国海军陆战队VMFAT-501战斗/攻击机训练中队的 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机在英国空军少将访问期间展示垂直起降性能。(Royal Air Force Air Vice Marshal Gary M. Waterfall, air officer commanding of No 1 Group, visits Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Oct. 28. During the tour, Waterfall met with Col. Peter D. Buck, the Air Station commanding officer, to discuss future operations and training regarding the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program aboard MCAS Beaufort. Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort is designated as the Marine Corps’ Center of Excellence where all future fixed-wing pilots will complete initial training prior to designation as F-35B Lightning II JSF pilots. The F-35B Lightning II JSF will replace the Marine Corps’ aging legacy tactical fleet. In addition to replacing the F/A-18A-D Hornet, the Marine Corps will replace the AV-8B Harrier and EA-6B Prowler, essentially necking down to one common tactical fixed-wing aircraft.)

美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，美国海军 VFA-101 战斗攻击机中队的 F-35C“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机在机棚内进行维护，该中队是美国海军唯一的F-35C机队替换中队，担负训练F-35C飞行员和地勤维护人员的任务。(A U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101 undergoes routine maintenance by Lockheed Martin technicians Sept. 20, 2013, at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. VFA-101 served as the U.S. Navy's only F-35C fleet replacement squadron.)

美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，洛克希德·马丁公司的技术人员日常保养 VFA-101 战斗攻击机中队的 F-35C“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机，该中队是美国海军唯一的F-35C机队替换中队，担负训练F-35C飞行员和地勤维护人员的任务。(A U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101 undergoes routine maintenance by Lockheed Martin technicians Sept. 20, 2013, at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. VFA-101 served as the U.S. Navy's only F-35C fleet replacement squadron.)

美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，洛克希德·马丁公司的技术人员日常保养 VFA-101 战斗攻击机中队的 F-35C“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机，该中队是美国海军唯一的F-35C机队替换中队，担负训练F-35C飞行员和地勤维护人员的任务。(A U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101 undergoes routine maintenance by Lockheed Martin technicians Sept. 20, 2013, at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. VFA-101 served as the U.S. Navy's only F-35C fleet replacement squadron.)

美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，美国空军第33战斗机联队第58战斗机中队二架 F-35A 和第94斗机中队二架 F-22A 在完成协同作战训练后编队飞行，这是这两种新一代战机首次进行联合训练，训练科目包括反空袭，空中进攻、空中防御以及空中遮断。(F-22 Raptors from the 94th Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., and F-35A Lightning IIs from the 58th Fighter Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., fly in formation after completing an integration training mission over the Eglin Training Range, Florida, Nov. 5, 2014. The F-35s and F-22s flew offensive counter air, defensive counter air and interdiction missions, maximizing effects by employing fifth-generation capabilities together.)