2016年2月10日，美国海军 VX-23“咸狗”空中测试与评估中队一架 F-35C 在帕塔克森特河海军航空站进行首次外挂武器拦阻着陆测试。（Lt. Cmdr. Daniel “Tonto” Kitts, an F-35 Lightning II test pilot assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, landed in the history books Feb. 10, 2016, when he performed the first arrestment of an F-35C with external weapons. Flight 282 of aircraft CF-03 from the F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF) was based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.）

美国海军 VX-23“咸狗”空中测试与评估中队一架 F-35C“闪电”II 进行45度俯角GBU-12武器分离试验。（Cmdr. Tony "Brick" Wilson takes aircraft CF-05, an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant, into a 45-degree dive during an external GBU-12 weapons separation test Feb. 18, 2016.）

2016年1月26日，希尔空军基地第6架 F-35A“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机抵达，配属到第34战斗机中队。依计划，总共有72架“闪电”II 分配给该基地的第388和第419战斗机联队。（Senior Airman Christian Korp, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, uses hand signals for communication to U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Todd Lafortune, Defense Contract Management Agency F-35 acceptance pilot, as he taxis an F-35A Lightning II aircraft into a parking position under a sunshade on the 388th Fighter Wing ramp as it arrives Jan. 26 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. This F-35A is the sixth to be assigned to the 34th Fighter Squadron.）

2016年1月26日，希尔空军基地第6架 F-35A“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机抵达，配属到第34战斗机中队。依计划，总共有72架“闪电”II 分配给该基地的第388和第419战斗机联队。（Senior Airman Christian Korp, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, uses hand signals for communication to U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Todd Lafortune, Defense Contract Management Agency F-35 acceptance pilot, as he taxis an F-35A Lightning II aircraft into a parking position under a sunshade on the 388th Fighter Wing ramp as it arrives Jan. 26 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. This F-35A is the sixth to be assigned to the 34th Fighter Squadron.）

2016年1月26日，希尔空军基地第6架 F-35A“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机抵达，配属到第34战斗机中队。依计划，总共有72架“闪电”II 分配给该基地的第388和第419战斗机联队。（Senior Airman Christian Korp, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, uses hand signals for communication to U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Todd Lafortune, Defense Contract Management Agency F-35 acceptance pilot, as he taxis an F-35A Lightning II aircraft into a parking position under a sunshade on the 388th Fighter Wing ramp as it arrives Jan. 26 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. This F-35A is the sixth to be assigned to the 34th Fighter Squadron.）

2015年12月10日，钢铁骑士-2016，VMFA-121“绿衣骑士”战斗攻击机中队 F-35B 待命中。（Two F-35B Lightning II aircrafts stand ready for flight operations during Exercise Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 10, 2015. The F-35B is a single seat, single engine stealth multi-role fighter bringing the Marine Corps into a whole new generation of aircraft. Exercise Steel Knight allowed for Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 and Marine Operational and Test Evaluation Squadron 22 to train on integrating the F-35B and find its place in the Marine Air Ground Task Force, while giving the ground forces of 1st Marine Division the ability to become familiar with it.）

2015年12月10日，钢铁骑士-2016，VMFA-121“绿衣骑士”战斗攻击机中队一架 F-35B 待命中。（An F-35B Lightning II aircraft stands ready for flight operations during Exercise Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 10, 2015. The F-35B is a single seat, single engine stealth multi-role fighter bringing the Marine Corps into a whole new generation of aircraft. Exercise Steel Knight allowed for Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 and Marine Operational and Test Evaluation Squadron 22 to train on integrating the F-35B and find its place in the Marine Air Ground Task Force, while giving the ground forces of 1st Marine Division the ability to become familiar with it.）

2015年12月10日，钢铁骑士-2016，VMFA-121“绿衣骑士”战斗攻击机中队一架 F-35B 检修中。（Marines hook up support equipment before a weapons functional test during Exercise Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 10, 2015. The Marines are with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 and Marine Operational and Test Evaluation Squadron 22. The F-35B is a single seat, single engine stealth multi-role fighter bringing the Marine Corps into a whole new generation of aircraft. Exercise Steel Knight allowed for VMFA-121 and VMX-22 to train on integrating the F-35B and find its place in the Marine Air Ground Task Force, while giving the ground forces of 1st Marine Division the ability to become familiar with it.）

2015年12月10日，钢铁骑士-2016，VMFA-121“绿衣骑士”战斗攻击机中队一架 F-35B 检修中。（Marines hook up a hose for a power cart before a weapons functional test during Exercise Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 10, 2015. The Marines are with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 and Marine Operational and Test Evaluation Squadron 22. The F-35B is a single seat, single engine stealth multi-role fighter bringing the Marine Corps into a whole new generation of aircraft. Exercise Steel Knight allowed for VMFA-121 and VMX-22 to train on integrating the F-35B and find its place in the Marine Air Ground Task Force, while giving the ground forces of 1st Marine Division the ability to become familiar with it.）

2015年12月10日，钢铁骑士-2016，VMFA-121“绿衣骑士”战斗攻击机中队一架 F-35B 在前线加油点加油。（An F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, performs a conventional take-off at the Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field during Exercise Steel Knight 2016 aboard the Combat Center, Dec. 11, 2015. This year’s iteration of Exercise Steel Knight works to advance 1st Marine Division’s warfighting capabilities, to include interoperability between the ground and air forces and integration of the F-35B.）