美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，澳大利亚空军第一架 F-35A 联合攻击战斗机（AU-1）由洛马公司F-35首席试飞员阿尔诺曼驾驶正在起飞进行首飞。（Australia’s first Lockheed Martin, F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, made its inaugural flight on Sept. 29. The first of Australia’s Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) F-35A Lightening II Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) successfully taking flight from Fort Worth, Texas on Monday 29 September. The first two of 72 F-35A JSF’s for Australia were rolled out of the Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Fort Worth, Texas on 24 July 2014. The F-35As will replace the RAAF’s current fleet of ageing F/A-18A/B Hornets.）

美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，澳大利亚空军第一架 F-35A 联合攻击战斗机（AU-1）由洛马公司F-35首席试飞员阿尔诺曼驾驶首飞。（AU-1 First Flight at Fort Worth, Texas. Pilot Al Norman, the F-35 Chief Test Pilot, flying Australia's first F-35.The first of Australia’s Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) F-35A Lightening II Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) successfully taking flight from Fort Worth, Texas on Monday 29 September.The first two of 72 F-35A JSF’s for Australia were rolled out of the Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Fort Worth, Texas on 24 July 2014. The F-35As will replace the RAAF’s current fleet of ageing F/A-18A/B Hornets.）

美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，澳大利亚空军第一架 F-35A 联合攻击战斗机（AU-1）由洛马公司F-35首席试飞员阿尔诺曼驾驶首飞。（AU-1 First Flight at Fort Worth, Texas. Pilot Al Norman, the F-35 Chief Test Pilot, flying Australia's first F-35.The first of Australia’s Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) F-35A Lightening II Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) successfully taking flight from Fort Worth, Texas on Monday 29 September.The first two of 72 F-35A JSF’s for Australia were rolled out of the Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Fort Worth, Texas on 24 July 2014. The F-35As will replace the RAAF’s current fleet of ageing F/A-18A/B Hornets.）

美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，美国空军一架 F-35A 联合攻击战斗机在跑道上滑行准备起飞。（An Air Force F-35 Lightning II taxies for take off during flight operations June 20, 2013, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.）

美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，澳大利亚空军首架 F-35A 联合攻击战斗机下线。（Lockheed Martin Fort Worth Texas Photo by Randy A Crites customer Devon Rosenberry / Laurie Tortorello Move of AU-1 (Australia) from assembly line to AFF.）

2014年6月11日，美国空军 F-35A“闪电”II 常规起降型系统发展与验证机爱德华兹空军基地进行飞行包线扩展试飞，这架AF-02成为了第一架达到1000飞行小时的F-35。（Paul Hattendorf, a Lockheed Martin test pilot, flies AF-2, the second production F-35 Lightning II for the Air Force, during an airframe loads envelope expansion mission June 11, 2014, over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. During the test mission, AF-2 became the first F-35 to reach 1,000 flight hours.）

2014年3月14日，美国空军一架 F-35A“雷电”II 联合攻击战斗机从希尔空军基地起飞。（An F35a takes off from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, March 14, 2014. After getting upgrades the F35a is on its way back to Nellis AFB, Nev）

2014年3月7日，美国加利福尼亚州，美国空军 F-35A“闪电”II 常规起降型系统发展与验证机在大迎角试飞时飞越爱德华兹空军基地，留下长长的飞行轨迹，试飞员是文森特卡特里纳。（F-35A aircraft AF-4, flown by test pilot Vincent Caterina, executes a High Angle of Attack mission profile on a test flight over Edwards AFB, Calif. on Mar 7, 2014.FORT WORTH, Texas, April 15, 2014 - The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II fleet recently surpassed 15,000 flight hours, marking a major milestone for the program.）

2012年11月3日，美国加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地，美国空军 F-35A“闪电”II 常规起降型系统发展与验证机开始进入大迎角试飞阶段，将分架次从20度逐步增加至设计限制的50度。（F-35A test aircraft AF-4 flies a high angle of attack (AOA) mission Nov. 3. The F-35 is designed to fly to a 50 degree angle of attack, which was achieved on the fourth AOA test mission. The aircraft has an emergency spin chute installed to help return the aircraft to controlled flight in the case that AOA test push the aircraft out of flight control limits.）

2012年11月3日，美国加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地，美国空军 F-35A“闪电”II 常规起降型系统发展与验证机开始进入大迎角试飞阶段，将分架次从20度逐步增加至设计限制的50度。（F-35A test aircraft AF-4 flies a high angle of attack (AOA) mission Nov. 3. The F-35 is designed to fly to a 50 degree angle of attack, which was achieved on the fourth AOA test mission. The aircraft has an emergency spin chute installed to help return the aircraft to controlled flight in the case that AOA test push the aircraft out of flight control limits.）