美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，美国空军作战中心指挥官 Jay Silveria 驾驶 F-35A“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机（第33战斗机联队/33FW）在进行排位飞行时进入热坑加油站加油。（Staff Sgt. Chris Hunter, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, connects the gas pump to an F-35A Lightning II as another joint strike fighter lifts off the Eglin Air Force Base runway. All of the F-35 variants use the refueling areas in conjunction with the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s fuels flight.）

美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，美国空军作战中心指挥官 Jay Silveria 驾驶 F-35A“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机（第33战斗机联队/33FW）在进行排位飞行时进入热坑加油站加油。（Staff Sgt. Chris Hunter, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, refuels Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria’s, U. S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, F-35A Lightning II at a hot pit session during the general’s final qualifying flight Sept. 26 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Silveria became the first general officer in the Department of Defense to qualify in the fifth generation fighter. He completed his training with back-to-back flights and hot pit refueling.）

美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，美国空军作战中心指挥官 Jay Silveria 驾驶 F-35A“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机（第33战斗机联队/33FW）准备进行最后一次资格验证飞行。（Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria, U. S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, steers his F-35A Lightning II along the yellow taxi line prior to a hot pit refueling session during his final flight qualification Sept. 26 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Silveria became the first general officer in the Department of Defense to qualify in the fifth generation fighter. He completed his training with back-to-back flights and hot pit refueling.）

美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，美国空军第422测试和评估中队（422TES）的 F-35A“闪电”II 准备执行首次作战训练任务。（U.S. Air Force Capt. Brad Matherne, 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron pilot, conducts pre-flight checks inside an F-35A Lightning II before a training mission April 4, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The F-35A will be integrated into advanced training programs such as the USAF Weapons School,）

美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，美国空军第422测试和评估中队（422TES）一架 F-35A“闪电”II 转向跑道滑行准备执行首次作战训练任务。（A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron taxis down the runway before a training mission April 4, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The 422nd TES will design the tactics for the F-35A. The squadron will also determine how to integrate the F-35A with other aircraft in the Air Force inventory.）

美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，美国空军第422测试和评估中队（422TES）一架准备执行首次作战训练任务的 F-35A“闪电”II 滑入停机坪进行飞行前检查。（Crew chiefs assigned to the 57th Wing's Lighting Aircraft Maintenance Unit prepare to launch a U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II, for training mission April 4, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The F-35A will fly its first training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range.）

美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，美国空军第422测试和评估中队（422TES）一架首次执行作战训练任务的 F-35A“闪电”II 完成飞行检查后开始滑出。（Senior Airman Alexander Orchard, 57th Wing Lightning Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief renders a salute after performing an end-of-runway inspection on an F-35A Lightning II, assigned to the 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron prior to a training mission April 4, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The F-35A flew its first operational training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range.）

美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，美国空军第422测试和评估中队（422TES）一架准备执行训练任务的 F-35A“闪电”II 进行飞行前检查。（U.S. Air Force Lt. Col Benjamin Bishop, 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron director of operations, conducts pre-flight checks inside an F-35A Lightning II before a training mission April 2, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The F-35A will be integrated into advanced training programs such as the USAF Weapons School, Red Flag and Green Flag exercises.）

美国海军陆战队 VMFAT-501 战斗/攻击机训练中队指挥官驾驶的 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机抵达博福特航空站。（Lt. Col. Joseph T. Bachmann, Commanding Officer of Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501) lands a F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter aboard the flight line of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., July 17, 2014. The arrival of the F-35B signifies the return home of VMFAT-501 to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.）

抗击埃博拉病毒联合援助行动中，美国陆军第一装甲师第501航空团的 CH-47F 直升机在利比里亚一处野战加油点为 UH-60L 直升机加油。（Soldiers assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Task Force Iron Knights from Fort Bliss, Texas, fuel a UH-60 Black Hawk from their CH-47 Chinook, Dec. 21, 2014, Tappita, Liberia. The team of crew chiefs set up a forward arming refueling point from their CH-47 Chinook to ensure the commander of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance and crew made it to Ebola treatment unit sites throughout Liberia. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa.）