2016年3月24日，美国海军CF-01号 F-35C“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在测试任务中。（CF-01 Flt 423. Clean Wing in Test track with Major Rob Guyette on 24 Mar 2016.）

2016年3月25日，美国海军CF-01号 F-35C“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在测试任务中。（CF-01 Flt 424. Clean Wing with SD 223 F/A-18 tanker in Test track with Major Rob Guyette on 25 Mar 2016.）

2016年1月20日，美国海军CF-01号 F-35C“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在测试任务中飞越加州西海岸。（F-35A Over the West Coast An F-35A enters the West Coast Sea Test Ranges near Ventura, California, to perform a Flutter Test Mission, Jan. 20, 2016.）

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。（Aircraft CF-03, an F-35 Lightning II carrier variant from the F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF), performs the first arrestment of an F-35C with external weapons Feb. 10, 2016. The F-35 was piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Daniel “Tonto” Kitts who is assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 aboard Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.）

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.）

大西洋，2015年10月10日，美国海军F-35C第二阶段海上初始开发测试（DT-II）期间，VX-23“咸狗”空中测试与评估中队一架 F-35C“闪电”II 飞越艾森豪威尔号航母。（ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 10, 2015) – An F-35C Lightning II carrier variant joint strike fighter assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 flies by the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The F-35C Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force is currently conducting follow-on sea trials aboard the Eisenhower.）

大西洋，2015年10月10日，美国海军F-35C第二阶段海上初始开发测试（DT-II）期间，VX-23“咸狗”空中测试与评估中队一架 F-35C“闪电”II 飞越艾森豪威尔号航母。（ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 10, 2015) – An F-35C Lightning II carrier variant joint strike fighter assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 flies by the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The F-35C Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force is currently conducting follow-on sea trials aboard the Eisenhower.）

大西洋，2015年10月10日，美国海军F-35C第二阶段海上初始开发测试（DT-II）期间，VX-23“咸狗”空中测试与评估中队二架 F-35C“闪电”II 飞越艾森豪威尔号航母。（ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 10, 2015) – Two F-35C Lightning II carrier variant joint strike fighters assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 fly by the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The F-35C Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force is currently conducting follow-on sea trials aboard the Eisenhower.）

大西洋，2015年10月10日，美国海军F-35C第二阶段海上初始开发测试（DT-II）期间，VX-23“咸狗”空中测试与评估中队二架 F-35C“闪电”II 飞越艾森豪威尔号航母。（ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 10, 2015) Two test pilots from the F-35 Lightning II Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) launch their F-35C carrier variants from the deck of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) at the completion of the second developmental test (DT-II) phase of the next-generation strike fighter. Assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, Cmdr. Christian “Wilson” Sewell and Cmdr. Ted “Dutch” Dyckman joined fellow test pilots Cmdr. Tony "Brick" Wilson and Lt. Chris “TJ” Karapostoles for the second of three at-sea test phases planned for the F-35C. DT-I, -II and -III test phases ensure aircraft meet specifications and identify mission critical issues sufficiently early in the test phase to deliver fully capable aircraft in time for their scheduled initial operating capability (IOC). LCDR Daniel “Tonto” Kitts served as the detachment Officer-in-Charge (OIC).）