美国海军 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队的 F-35B“闪电”II 在首次弹仓武器分离实验中投掷 GBU-12 精确制导炸弹。（ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 3, 2012) F-35B test aircraft BF-3, flown by Lt. Cmdr. Michael Burks, completes the first aerial weapons release of an inert 500-pound GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb by any variant of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. BF-3 dropped the GBU-12 over the Atlantic Test Ranges from an internal weapons bay. The F-35B is the variant of the Lightning II designed for use by the U.S. Marine Corps, as well as F-35 international partners in the United Kingdom and Italy. The F-35B is capable of short takeoffs and vertical landings to enable air power projection from amphibious ships, ski-jump aircraft carriers and expeditionary airfields. The F-35B is undergoing flight test and evaluation at NAS Patuxent River, Md., prior to delivery to the fleet.）

美国海军 F-35C“闪电”II 舰载型系统发展与验证机起飞进行首次夜间试飞。（An F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft takes of during an evening flight. This was the first evening flight of an F-35C.）

美国海军陆战队BF-01号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在武器分离实验中投掷 GBU-12 精确制导炸弹。（Test pilot Capt. Michael Kingen flies BF-1, an F-35B Lightning II, during a 500-pound GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided weapon separation test. BF-1 dropped the GBU-12 over the Atlantic Test Ranges from an internal weapons bay. The F-35B is the variant of the Lightning II designed for use by the U.S. Marine Corps, as well as F-35 international partners in the United Kingdom and Italy. The F-35B is capable of short takeoffs and vertical landings to enable air power projection from amphibious ships, ski-jump aircraft carriers and expeditionary airfields. The F-35B is undergoing flight test and evaluation at NAS Patuxent River, Md., prior to delivery to the fleet.）

美国海军 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队BF-04号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在帕塔克森特河海军航空站进行首次滑跃起飞实验，以确保这种飞机可以兼容英国和意大利航空母舰。（The Pax River ITF conducts the first-ever ski jump of an F-35 Lightning II during flight 298 of aircraft BF-04 aboard NAS Patuxent River June 19, 2015. The multi-phase ski jump tests will determine the aircraft’s compatibility with ski jumps aboard British and Italian aircraft carriers. Curved at its leading edge, a ski jump ramp simultaneously launches aircraft upward and forward, allowing aircraft to take off from shorter carriers with more weight and less end-speed.）

美国海军 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机（BAE公司试飞员彼得·威尔逊驾驶）在帕塔克森特河海军航空站进行首次滑跃起飞实验，以确保这种飞机可以兼容英国和意大利航空母舰。（The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 conducted the first-ever ski jump of an F-35B Lightning II short take-off/vertical-landing (STOVL) variant June 19. During flight 298, BAE test pilot Peter Wilson launched aircraft BF-04 from a land-based ski jump located aboard NAS Patuxent River. This test is the first of a series of U.K. ski jump events scheduled for 2015. Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe.）

美国海军 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机（BAE公司试飞员彼得·威尔逊驾驶）在帕塔克森特河海军航空站进行首次滑跃起飞实验，以确保这种飞机可以兼容英国和意大利航空母舰。（The Pax River ITF conducts the first-ever ski jump of an F-35 Lightning II during flight 298 of aircraft BF-04 aboard NAS Patuxent River June 19, 2015. The multi-phase ski jump tests will determine the aircraft’s compatibility with ski jumps aboard British and Italian aircraft carriers. Curved at its leading edge, a ski jump ramp simultaneously launches aircraft upward and forward, allowing aircraft to take off from shorter carriers with more weight and less end-speed.）

美国海军 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队的 F-35B“闪电”II 在武器分离实验中投掷英国“宝石路”IV 精确制导炸弹，飞行员是英国空军少校安迪·安吉尔，此前该型炸弹只装备“狂风”战轰和“台风”战机。（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 the UK’s Paveway IV precision-guided bomb from an F-35B Lightning II short take-off/vertical-landing (STOVL) variant June 12. During flight 461 over the NAVAIR Atlantic Test Ranges, RAF Squadron Leader Andy Edgell dropped two inert Paveway IV bombs from aircraft BF-03. This test is the first of a series of UK weapons separation events scheduled for 2015.）

美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 在夜间空中加油实验中打开加力飞行，其装备的F135发动机是目前世界上推力最大的军用加力涡扇发动机。（F-35B Twilight Refueling. An F-35B during twilight refueling testing.）

美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在爱德华兹空军基地的进行侧风垂降试验。（An F-35B performs Crosswind Testing at Edwards AFB.）

美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 外挂“宝石路”IV 完成颤振试验后飞越帕塔克森特河。（BF-02 Flt 356 piloted by Lt Chris Karapostoles flys a flutter test mission with Paveway IV's from NAS Patuxent River, MD.）