美国南卡罗来纳州博福特海军陆战队航空站，2014年7月17日，美国海军陆战队VMFAT-501战斗/攻击机训练中队首架 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机抵达。（The first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, July 17. The aircraft is the first to join VMFAT-501 at MCAS Beaufort since relocating from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. last week.The F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter 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. The integration of the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter into the Marine Corps' arsenal provides the dominant, multi-role, fifth-generation capabilities needed across the full spectrum of combat operations to deter potential adversaries and enable future naval aviation power projection.）

美国南卡罗来纳州博福特海军陆战队航空站，2014年7月17日，美国海军陆战队VMFAT-501战斗/攻击机训练中队首架 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机抵达进入停机棚。（U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Joseph Bachmann, commanding officer, Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501), Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, lands the first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter that will call Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., home, July 17, 2014. The arrival of the F-35B marks the official homecoming of the Warlords to MCAS Beaufort.）

美国南卡罗来纳州博福特海军陆战队航空站，2014年7月17日，美国海军陆战队VMFAT-501战斗/攻击机训练中队首架 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机抵达。（U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Joseph Bachmann, commanding officer, Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501), Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, lands the first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter that will call Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., home, July 17, 2014. The arrival of the F-35B marks the official homecoming of the Warlords to MCAS Beaufort.）

美国加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地，2014年10月9日，美国海军陆战队VMX-22作战试验与评估中队首架 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机准备降落。（An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Operational and Test Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 22 prepares to touch down aboard Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Oct. 9. This is the squadron’s first F-35 Lightning II.）

美国北卡罗莱纳州切利波因特海军陆战队航空站，美国海军陆战队的 F-35B 联合攻击战斗机，F/A-18D 战斗机和 AV-8B 攻击机在2014年“切利波因特航展”上编队表演。（An F-35B Lightning II, F/A-18 Hornet, and an AV-8B Harrier fly in formation May 17 during the 2014 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show here.）

美国加利福尼亚州米拉玛海军陆战队航空站，美国海军陆战队VMFA-121战斗攻击机中队一架 F-35B“闪电”II 垂直起降联合攻击战斗机首次在2014年“米拉玛航空展”上进行表演。(An F-35B Joint Strike Fighter lands during the 2014 Miramar Air Show aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 3. This was the first flight of the aircraft at the Miramar Air Show.)

美国马里兰州东海岸，美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机（BF-02）与空军 KC-135 进行空中加油测试。（BF-02 | Flight 322 | Major Justin "Geico" Carlson | Geico piloting BF-02 during KC-135 Strategic Tanker testing over the Eastern Shore of MD on Aug 11, 2014.）

美国加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地，美国海军 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队 F-35B“闪电”II 进行湿跑道和侧风环境垂直起降试验。（The Lockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike Fighter completes a required wet runway and crosswind testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., an important program milestone enabling U.S. Marines Corps initial operational capability certification.）

2013年5月28日，美国马里兰州帕塔克森特河海军航空站，英国飞行员吉姆·斯科菲尔德首次驾驶 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机进行垂直降落试验。（Squadron Leader Jim Schofield became the first Royal Air Force pilot to complete a vertical landing of a Lockheed Martin F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) Lightning II on May 28, 2013. Following the flight, Schofield commented on the F-35B’s handling capabilities.）

2012年9月27日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，美国海军陆战队少校迈克·朗特里驾驶BF-15号 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机前往埃格林空军基地，该机被分配给第33战斗机联队 VMFAT-501 战斗/攻击机训练中队，这是洛克希德·马丁公司向埃格林空军基地交付的第20架F-35。（FORT WORTH, Texas, September 27, 2012 – The 20th Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II was delivered today to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., to support F-35 pilot and maintainer training taking place on the Emerald Coast. BF-15, piloted by U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Mike Rountree, left Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base at 10:39 a.m. CDT en route for a 90 minute ferry flight to Eglin. The F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) jet is the fourteenth F-35 to ferry there this year. BF-15 is now assigned to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s Marine Fighter/Attack Training Squadron 501 with the host 33d Fighter Wing.）