太平洋，BF-01号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在日落时分从美利坚号两栖攻击舰上起飞，时值该机正在进行第三阶段海上初始开发测试（DT-III）。此次测试共有七架F-35B（从10月28日开始到11月中旬）登上美利坚号，其中两架用于DT-III测试，五架用于OT测试。（BF-1 FLT 612. STOVL DT-III aboard USS America. Peter Wilson was the pilot on 1 November 2016. F-35B On Board USS America. Five Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II aircraft landed on the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) on Friday, October 28. America will embark a total of seven F-35Bs during this testing period -- two are scheduled to begin the third shipboard phase of developmental test (DT-III) and five are scheduled to conduct operational testing.）

太平洋，BF-01号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在美利坚号两栖攻击舰上进行第三阶段海上初始开发测试（DT-III）。此次测试共有七架F-35B（从10月28日开始到11月中旬）登上美利坚号，其中两架用于DT-III测试，五架用于OT测试。（BF-1 FLT 613. STOVL DT-III aboard USS America. Major John Dirk was the pilot on 2 November 2016. F-35B On Board USS America. Seven F-35Bs are on board the USS America beginning Oct. 28 until mid-November. Two of the jets are scheduled to begin the third shipboard phase of developmental test (DT-III) and five are scheduled to conduct operational testing.）

太平洋，BF-01号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在美利坚号两栖攻击舰上进行第三阶段海上初始开发测试（DT-III）。此次测试共有七架F-35B（从10月28日开始到11月中旬）登上美利坚号，其中两架用于DT-III测试，五架用于OT测试。（Seven F-35Bs are on board the USS America beginning Oct. 28 until mid-November. Two of the jets are scheduled to begin the third shipboard phase of developmental test (DT-III) and five are scheduled to conduct operational testing.）

美国海军陆战队 VMFAT-501“军阀”训练中队两架 F-35B 联合攻击战斗机在空中加油训练中飞越大西洋北卡罗来纳沿岸。（Naval aviators with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 fly above Eastern North Carolina inside of F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter’s during aerial refueling training with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, April 14, 2015. VMFAT-501 is the Corps’ only active training squadron for the F-35B, which provides a multi-role, fifth-generation fighter attack capability for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. VMFAT-501 is based at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., and VMGR-252 is based at MCAS Cherry Point.）

大西洋，2016年8月16日，美国海军 VFA-101“死神”战斗攻击机中队（舰队替换中队）四架 F-35C“闪电”II 在第三阶段海上初始开发测试期间编队飞越华盛顿号航母，这是此型机最后一次海上初始开发测试，F-35C预计将在2018年上舰服役。（Four F-35Cs from VFA-101 depart USS George Washington.）

2016年9月22日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，洛克希德·马丁公司举行仪式，向日本航空自卫队交付第一架F-35A。（On Sept. 23, 2016, senior Japanese and U.S. government officials joined Lockheed Martin to celebrate the roll out of the first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A Lightning II, marking a major milestone in Japan’s enhanced national defense and strengthening the future of the U.S-Japan security alliance.）

2016年9月22日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，洛克希德·马丁公司举行仪式，向日本航空自卫队交付第一架F-35A。（On Sept. 23, 2016, senior Japanese and U.S. government officials joined Lockheed Martin to celebrate the roll out of the first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A Lightning II, marking a major milestone in Japan’s enhanced national defense and strengthening the future of the U.S-Japan security alliance.）

2016年8月24日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，日本航空自卫队第一架 F-35A 由洛克希德·马丁公司测试飞行员 Paul Hattendorf 驾驶完成首飞。（The first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A successfully completed its maiden flight from the Fort Worth, Texas, F-35 factory on Aug. 24, 2016. The jet, known as AX-1, was piloted by Lockheed Martin’s F-35 test pilot Paul Hattendorf.）

2016年8月24日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，日本航空自卫队第一架 F-35A 由洛克希德·马丁公司测试飞行员 Paul Hattendorf 驾驶完成首飞。（The first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A successfully completed its maiden flight from the Fort Worth, Texas, F-35 factory on Aug. 24, 2016. The jet, known as AX-1, was piloted by Lockheed Martin’s F-35 test pilot Paul Hattendorf.）

2016年8月24日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，日本航空自卫队第一架 F-35A 由洛克希德·马丁公司测试飞行员 Paul Hattendorf 驾驶首飞。（The first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A successfully completed its maiden flight from the Fort Worth, Texas, F-35 factory on Aug. 24, 2016. The jet, known as AX-1, was piloted by Lockheed Martin’s F-35 test pilot Paul Hattendorf.）