美国海军陆战队 VMFAT-501“军阀”训练中队两架 F-35B 联合攻击战斗机在空中加油训练中飞越大西洋北卡罗来纳沿岸。（Naval aviators with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 fly above Eastern North Carolina inside of F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter’s during aerial refueling training with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, April 14, 2015. VMFAT-501 is the Corps’ only active training squadron for the F-35B, which provides a multi-role, fifth-generation fighter attack capability for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. VMFAT-501 is based at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., and VMGR-252 is based at MCAS Cherry Point.）

大西洋，2016年8月16日，美国海军 VFA-101“死神”战斗攻击机中队（舰队替换中队）四架 F-35C“闪电”II 在第三阶段海上初始开发测试期间编队飞越华盛顿号航母，这是此型机最后一次海上初始开发测试，F-35C预计将在2018年上舰服役。（Four F-35Cs from VFA-101 depart USS George Washington.）

2016年9月22日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，洛克希德·马丁公司举行仪式，向日本航空自卫队交付第一架F-35A。（On Sept. 23, 2016, senior Japanese and U.S. government officials joined Lockheed Martin to celebrate the roll out of the first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A Lightning II, marking a major milestone in Japan’s enhanced national defense and strengthening the future of the U.S-Japan security alliance.）

2016年9月22日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，洛克希德·马丁公司举行仪式，向日本航空自卫队交付第一架F-35A。（On Sept. 23, 2016, senior Japanese and U.S. government officials joined Lockheed Martin to celebrate the roll out of the first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A Lightning II, marking a major milestone in Japan’s enhanced national defense and strengthening the future of the U.S-Japan security alliance.）

2016年8月24日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，日本航空自卫队第一架 F-35A 由洛克希德·马丁公司测试飞行员 Paul Hattendorf 驾驶完成首飞。（The first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A successfully completed its maiden flight from the Fort Worth, Texas, F-35 factory on Aug. 24, 2016. The jet, known as AX-1, was piloted by Lockheed Martin’s F-35 test pilot Paul Hattendorf.）

2016年8月24日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，日本航空自卫队第一架 F-35A 由洛克希德·马丁公司测试飞行员 Paul Hattendorf 驾驶完成首飞。（The first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A successfully completed its maiden flight from the Fort Worth, Texas, F-35 factory on Aug. 24, 2016. The jet, known as AX-1, was piloted by Lockheed Martin’s F-35 test pilot Paul Hattendorf.）

2016年8月24日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，日本航空自卫队第一架 F-35A 由洛克希德·马丁公司测试飞行员 Paul Hattendorf 驾驶首飞。（The first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A successfully completed its maiden flight from the Fort Worth, Texas, F-35 factory on Aug. 24, 2016. The jet, known as AX-1, was piloted by Lockheed Martin’s F-35 test pilot Paul Hattendorf.）

2016年8月24日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，日本航空自卫队第一架 F-35A 由洛克希德·马丁公司测试飞行员 Paul Hattendorf 驾驶首飞。（The first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A successfully completed its maiden flight from the Fort Worth, Texas, F-35 factory on Aug. 24, 2016. The jet, known as AX-1, was piloted by Lockheed Martin’s F-35 test pilot Paul Hattendorf.）

2016年8月24日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，日本航空自卫队第一架 F-35A 由洛克希德·马丁公司测试飞行员 Paul Hattendorf 驾驶首飞。（The first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A successfully completed its maiden flight from the Fort Worth, Texas, F-35 factory on Aug. 24, 2016. The jet, known as AX-1, was piloted by Lockheed Martin’s F-35 test pilot Paul Hattendorf.）

2016年8月24日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，日本航空自卫队第一架 F-35A 由洛克希德·马丁公司测试飞行员 Paul Hattendorf 驾驶首飞。（The first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A successfully completed its maiden flight from the Fort Worth, Texas, F-35 factory on Aug. 24, 2016. The jet, known as AX-1, was piloted by Lockheed Martin’s F-35 test pilot Paul Hattendorf.）