2011年1月11日，美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，洛克希德·马丁公司交付的第二架生产型 F-35B 短距起飞/垂直降落型联合攻击战斗机抵达。该机被分配给 VMFAT-501 战斗/攻击机训练中队。（BF-8 arrives at Eglin AFB.The second production model F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft to be delivered, BF-8, arrives at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. on Jan. 11, 2012. BF-8 was delivered to the U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing's Marine Fighter/Attack Training Squadron 501 at Eglin. BF-8 followed the first production model STOVL, BF-6, which was delivered earlier the same day.）

2011年1月11日，美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，洛克希德·马丁公司交付的第二架生产型 F-35B 短距起飞/垂直降落型联合攻击战斗机正在降落。该机被分配给 VMFAT-501 战斗/攻击机训练中队。（BF-8 arrives at Eglin AFB.The second production model F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft to be delivered, BF-8, arrives at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. on Jan. 11, 2012. BF-8 was delivered to the U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing's Marine Fighter/Attack Training Squadron 501 at Eglin. BF-8 followed the first production model STOVL, BF-6, which was delivered earlier the same day.）

2011年1月11日，美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，洛克希德·马丁公司交付的第二架生产型 F-35B 短距起飞/垂直降落型联合攻击战斗机正在降落。该机被分配给 VMFAT-501 战斗/攻击机训练中队。（BF-8 arrives at Eglin AFB.The second production model F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft to be delivered, BF-8, arrives at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. on Jan. 11, 2012. BF-8 was delivered to the U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing's Marine Fighter/Attack Training Squadron 501 at Eglin. BF-8 followed the first production model STOVL, BF-6, which was delivered earlier the same day.）

2011年1月11日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，洛克希德·马丁公司向美国海军陆战队交付第二架生产型 F-35B 短距起飞/垂直降落型联合攻击战斗机。该机正起飞前往新家-佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，被分配给 VMFAT-501 战斗/攻击机训练中队。（BF-8 arrives at Eglin AFB.The second production model F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft to be delivered, BF-8, arrives at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. on Jan. 11, 2012. BF-8 was delivered to the U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing's Marine Fighter/Attack Training Squadron 501 at Eglin. BF-8 followed the first production model STOVL, BF-6, which was delivered earlier the same day.BF-08, Ferry to Eglin, Take Off, 01-11-12.）

2011年1月11日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，洛克希德·马丁公司向美国海军陆战队交付首架生产型 F-35B 短距起飞/垂直降落型联合攻击战斗机。该机正起飞前往新家-佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，被分配给 VMFAT-501 战斗/攻击机训练中队。（Lockheed Martin Fort Worth Texas Photo by Randy A Crites Customer Sydney Carroll BF-6 Ferry flight to Eglin AFB, Florida from NAS Ft. Worth, Flown by Major O. D. Bachman, USMC.）

2011年1月11日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，洛克希德·马丁公司向美国海军陆战队交付首架生产型 F-35B 短距起飞/垂直降落型联合攻击战斗机。该机正起飞前往新家-佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，被分配给 VMFAT-501 战斗/攻击机训练中队。（Lockheed Martin Fort Worth Texas Photo by Randy A Crites Customer Sydney Carroll BF-6 Ferry flight to Eglin AFB, Florida from NAS Ft. Worth, Flown by Major O. D. Bachman, USMC.）

2011年1月11日，首架生产型 F-35B 短距起飞/垂直降落型联合攻击战斗机交付美国海军陆战队。该机被分配给 VMFAT-501 战斗/攻击机训练中队，驻扎佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地。（BF-6, the first F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) production jet delivered to the U.S. Marine Corps, arrives at its new assignment with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing's Marine Fighter/Attack Training Squadron 501 at Eglin AFB, Fla. The 5th Generation fighter jet, piloted by U.S. Marine Corps pilot Maj. Joseph Bachmann, touched down on Florida’s Emerald Coast at 3:13 p.m. CST after a 90-minute ferry flight. It was followed by BF-8 which landed at 4:39 p.m. CST piloted by U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Matt Taylor. BF-6 and BF-8 are the first F-35s delivered to the base in 2012 and the seventh and eighth F-35 now stationed there. The aircraft will be used for pilot and maintainer training at the base’s new F-35 Integrated Training Center.）

2011年1月26日，美国德克萨斯州，最后一架 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机（编号：BF-05）在沃斯堡联合后备基地海军航空站首飞。结束系统发展与验证机阶段之后，F-35项目将进入低速率初始生产阶段。（The last Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35B Lightning II assigned to developmental flight testing departs Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base on its first flight Thursday. Known as BF-5, the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) jet will ferry to NAS Patuxent River, Md., later this year, where it will join four F-35Bs and one F-35C carrier variant aircraft currently undergoing testing.）

2011年2月26日，美国马里兰州帕塔克森特河海军航空站，美国海军陆战队BF-02号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机正在起飞。这是该机的第一百次飞行，试飞员是戴夫·纳尔逊。（Variant: BF-02，Test Pilot: Dave Nelson，Flight#: 100，Flight 100 of BF-02）

2013年6月20日，美国马里兰州，美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机从帕塔克森特河海军航空站起飞进行空中加油实验。（BF-02 Flt 254 piloted by LtCol Moran performs strategic tanking tests with a KC-10 over the offshore test track on 21 June 2013 from NAS Patuxent River, MD. A KC-10 tanker refuels an F-35B on a test flight June 20, 2013.）