澳大利亚第三位F-35A飞行员在美国亚利桑那州卢克空军基地进行首次F-35飞行，座机隶属于美国空军第61战斗机中队。（Australia's third F-35A pilot Flight Lieutenant Edwin Borrman undertakes his first flight in in a F-35A aircraft.）

2012年6月14日，美国海军陆战队BF-02号 F-35B 在华盛顿特区进行不对称外挂测试。（BF-02 Flight 197 conducted Asymmetric External Stores Testing June 14 with Cmdr. Eric Buus as the pilot.）

2016年1月14日，F-35B在爱德华兹空军基地进行发动机维修试车。（F-35B Engine Test Runs at Edwards AFB，An F-35B during a maintenance engine run at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Jan.14, 2016.）

2016年1月12日，美国空军AF-01号 F-35A“闪电”II 常规起降型系统发展与验证机首次进行AIM-9X分离测试。（F-35A AIM-9X Separation，Aircraft AF-1 during a mission to execute the first AIM-9X safe separation launch Jan. 12, 2016.）

美国海军 VX-23“咸狗”空中测试与评估中队一架 F-35C“闪电”II 在大西洋进行AGM-154联合防区外武器分离试验。（The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 conducted the first weapons separation test of an AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) from an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant March 23. During flight 180 over the NAVAIR Atlantic Test Ranges, Cmdr. Ted Dyckman, a U.S. Navy F-35 test pilot, dropped an inert JSOW from aircraft CF-05. This test is the first of a series of JSOW separation events scheduled for 2016.）

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3月21日，美国空军第33战斗机联队（33FW）一架 F-35A 从埃格林空军基地飞抵伊泰联合国民警卫队基地，首次与南卡罗来纳州空中国民警卫队第169战斗机联队的 F-16 进行综合训练。（A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jet, assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is marchalled to the canopy by a crew chief at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., for the first time to train with F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter pilots from the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing, March 21, 2016. The aircraft conducted 4th and 5th generation integration training, during local training missions, March 21st and 22nd.）

2016年3月22日，美国空军第33战斗机联队（33FW）两架 F-35A 在伊泰联合国民警卫队基地首次与南卡罗来纳州空中国民警卫队第169战斗机联队的 F-16 进行综合训练。（Two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets, assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., visit McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., for the first time to train with F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter pilots from the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing, March 22, 2016. The aircraft conducted 4th and 5th generation integration fighter training, during local training missions, Mar. 21st and 22nd.）