2013年5月16日，F-35A“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机飞越佛罗里达州西北海岸准备进行空中加油，该机隶属于美国空军第 33 战斗机联队第 58 战斗机中队，驻扎佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，第 33 战斗机联队专门培训海军、海军陆战队、空军和盟军的 F-35 飞行员和维护人员，归属空军培训司令部（AETC），机型涵盖常规起降、短距起飞、垂直起降、舰载型等所有 F-35 型号。（U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter instructor pilots from the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla. navigate their aircraft toward an Air Force Reserve KC-135 Stratotanker from the 336th Air Refueling Squadron, March ARB, Calif., May 16, 2013 off the coast of Northwest Florida. The 33rd Fighter Wing is a joint graduate flying and maintenance training wing that trains Air Force, Marine, Navy and international partner operators and maintainers of the F-35 Lightning II.）

2012年4月19日，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进行跨音速飞行测试，在此前进行的中等攻角跨音速飞行测试中，曾经出现过机翼方面的问题。（BF-02 Flight 178. Transonic Prop Testing with shockwaves on 19 April 2012. CDR Eric Buus was the pilot.F-35B Transonic Shock.Flight test of the F-35B with visible transonic flow, April 19, 2012 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.）

2012年4月18日，马里兰州帕塔克森特河海军航空站，美国海军F-35C"闪电"II联合攻击战斗机CF-01和CF-02试验机编队起飞，前往大西洋海域进行飞行测试。飞行员是埃里克·布斯(Eric Buus)和马修·泰勒(Matthew Taylor)，F-35C是美国海军新一代舰载战斗攻击机，相比F-35A和F-35B其拥有更大的机翼面积和增强的起落架，以承受航空母舰上弹射起飞和拦阻索降落时苛刻的使用环境。（PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (April 18, 2012) Cmdr. Eric Buus and Marine Corps Lt. Col. Matthew Taylor take off in F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft CF-1 and CF-2 for a formation test flight in the Atlantic test range. The test flights included a formation takeoff and landing, and structural loads testing on CF-2. The F-35C carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter is distinct from the F-35A and F-35B variants with its larger wing surfaces and reinforced landing gear to withstand catapult launches and deck landing impacts associated with the demanding aircraft carrier environment. The F-35C is undergoing test and evaluation at Naval Air Station Patuxent River prior to delivery to the fleet. ）

2012年4月18日，大西洋，美国海军F-35C"闪电"II联合攻击战斗机CF-01和CF-02试验机编队进行低速起落架试飞，飞行员是埃里克·布斯(Eric Buus)和马修·泰勒(Matthew Taylor)，这两架F-35C由马里兰州帕塔克森特河海军航空站起飞，试飞项目包括编队起飞和降落，CF-02结构载荷。F-35C是美国海军新一代舰载战斗攻击机，相比F-35A和F-35B其拥有更大的机翼面积和增强的起落架，以承受航空母舰上弹射起飞和拦阻索降落的苛刻的使用环境。（CF-01 Flight 134/CF-02 Flight 88. First C-model formation flight with Lt Col Matt Taylor as the pilot of CF-02 and CDR Eric Buus as the pilot of CF-01. 18 April 2012.First F-35C Formation Flight.For the first time, two Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II carrier variant test aircraft launch together and conduct formation flying at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., April 18, 2012.）

2012年4月18日，大西洋，美国海军F-35C"闪电"II联合攻击战斗机CF-01和CF-02试验机编队试飞，飞行员是埃里克·布斯(Eric Buus)和马修·泰勒(Matthew Taylor)，这两架F-35C由马里兰州帕塔克森特河海军航空站起飞，试飞项目包括编队起飞和降落，CF-02结构载荷，F-35C是美国海军新一代舰载战斗攻击机，相比F-35A和F-35B其拥有更大的机翼面积和增强的起落架，以承受航空母舰上弹射起飞和拦阻索降落的苛刻的使用环境。（ATLANTIC TEST RANGE (April 18, 2012) Cmdr. Eric Buus and Marine Corps Lt. Col. Matthew Taylor fly F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft CF-1 and CF-2 on a formation test flight in the Atlantic test range. The test flights included a formation takeoff and landing, and structural loads testing on CF-2. The F-35C carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter is distinct from the F-35A and F-35B variants with its larger wing surfaces and reinforced landing gear to withstand catapult launches and deck landing impacts associated with the demanding aircraft carrier environment. The F-35C is undergoing test and evaluation at Naval Air Station Patuxent River prior to delivery to the fleet. ）

2012年4月18日，大西洋，美国海军F-35C"闪电"II联合攻击战斗机CF-01和CF-02试验机编队试飞，飞行员是埃里克·布斯(Eric Buus)和马修·泰勒(Matthew Taylor)，这两架F-35C由马里兰州帕塔克森特河海军航空站起飞，试飞项目包括编队起飞和降落，CF-02结构载荷，F-35C是美国海军新一代舰载战斗攻击机，相比F-35A和F-35B其拥有更大的机翼面积和增强的起落架，以承受航空母舰上弹射起飞和拦阻索降落的苛刻的使用环境。（ATLANTIC TEST RANGE (April 18, 2012) Cmdr. Eric Buus and Marine Corps Lt. Col. Matthew Taylor fly F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft CF-1 and CF-2 on a formation test flight in the Atlantic test range. The test flights included a formation takeoff and landing, and structural loads testing on CF-2. The F-35C carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter is distinct from the F-35A and F-35B variants with its larger wing surfaces and reinforced landing gear to withstand catapult launches and deck landing impacts associated with the demanding aircraft carrier environment. The F-35C is undergoing test and evaluation at Naval Air Station Patuxent River prior to delivery to the fleet.）