美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 在马里兰州帕塔克森特河附近空域进行外挂满载试飞。（Lockheed Martin test pilot Billie Flynn puts F-35B test aircraft BF-02 into pre-contact position behind a US Air Force KC-135 tanker on the range near NAS Patuxent River, Maryland.）

美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 在莫哈韦沙漠进行夜间空中加油实验。（PAX River F-35 Test Pilot Billy Flynn performs twlight refueling with a B model F35 with a KC-135 in the skies over the Mojave Desert. F-35 Test Pilot Billie Flynn performs twilight refueling with an F-35B with a KC-135.）

加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地 F-35A“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机（编号：AF-06）执行第一次夜间飞行。（Lockheed Martin F-35A Performs First Night Flight.The first night flight in the history of the Lockheed Martin F-35 program was completed Jan. 18, 2012, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Piloted by Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Mark Ward, AF-6, an F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant, launched at 5:05 p.m. PST and landed after sunset at 6:22 p.m.AF-6 Flight 57, Pilot Mr. Mark Ward, January 18, 2012 Edwards AFB The first night flight for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.）

美国空军AF-22号 F-35A“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机在得克萨斯州沃思堡首飞。（AF-22 Aerials Pilot Bill 'Gigs' Gigliotti. Fort Worth, TX.）

美国海军陆战队第二架（BF-02）F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在马里兰东海岸进行非对称外挂测试。（BF-02 Flt 393 | LT Chris "TJ" Karapostoles piloting BF-02 during assymetrical stores testing (Gun Pod, GBU-12's, AIM-9X) over the Eastern Shore of MD on 26 may 2015.）

美国海军 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队的 F-35C“闪电”II 舰载型联合攻击战斗机飞越马里兰东海岸。（CF-05 Flt 127 | Major Andrew "TAC" Tacquard piloting CF-05 over the Eastern Shore of Maryland on 29 May, 2015.）

美国空军第61战斗机中队（61FS）的 F-35A 联合攻击战斗机在内利斯空军基地，背景是拉斯维加斯的璀璨夜景。（An F-35 from Luke Air Force Base rests on the Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., flightline April 8, 2015. The Las Vegas city lights are in the background.）

美国空军第61战斗机中队（61FS）的 F-35A 联合攻击战斗机在内利斯空军基地进行航电检查。（Senior Airman Patrick Murphy, 61st Aircraft Maintenance Unit Staff F-35 dedicated crew chief, and Staff Sgt. Jeremy Miller, 61st AMU integrated avionics craftsman, monitor an F-35 prior to take off April 15, 2015, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.）

美国空军第61战斗机中队（61FS）的 F-35A 联合攻击战斗机在内利斯空军基地滑行，准备起飞训练。（A 61st Fighter Squadron F-35 taxis prior to take off April 15, 2015, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The Las Vegas skyline is in the background.）

美国空军第61战斗机中队（61FS）的 F-35A 联合攻击战斗机准备从内利斯空军基地起飞训练。（A Luke Air Force Base F-35 stands by to take off as another 61st Fighter Squadron Lightning II soars into the Las Vegas skies April 15, 2015, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.）