2011年5月16日，第二架 F-35C“闪电”II 舰载型联合攻击战斗机抵达马里兰州帕塔克森特河海军航空站，这架飞机是从德克萨斯州沃斯堡联合后备基地起飞的，飞行时间为2.8小时，由马特·泰勒中校驾驶。（The second F-35C Lightning II carrier variant arrives at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Md., yesterday. The flight test aircraft, designated CF-2, was piloted by Lt. Col. Matt Taylor during the 2.8-hour flight from NAS Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base. CF-2 now joins one other carrier variant (CV) and four short take off/vertical landing (STOVL) F-35 aircraft at NAS Patuxent River where it will continue flight testing.）

2013年8月25日，大西洋，美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机在“黄蜂”号两栖攻击舰上垂直降落，其尾流激起的水汽在阳光照射下产生了彩虹效果。（BF-1 flight #337, piloted by L.Col. C.R. Clift, and BF-5 flight #97, piloted by Capt. Michael Kingen, performedSTOVL operations today aboard the USS WASP DT-II）

2013年8月27日，大西洋，美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机 BF-01 号原型机在“黄蜂”号两栖攻击舰上进行第二阶段垂直降落测试。（An F-35 Lightning II aircraft hovers prior to landing on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) Aug. 27, 2013. The ship was underway in support of F-35B Lightning II Developmental Testing Phase II, which validated operational capabilities of the aircraft for amphibious platforms.）

2013年8月27日，大西洋，美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机 BF-01 号原型机在“黄蜂”号两栖攻击舰上进行第二阶段垂直降落测试。（An F-35 Lightning II aircraft sits on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) Aug. 27, 2013. The ship was underway in support of F-35B Lightning II Developmental Testing Phase II, which validated operational capabilities of the aircraft for amphibious platforms.）

2013年8月27日，大西洋，美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机 BF-01 号原型机在“黄蜂”号两栖攻击舰上打开升力风扇舱盖准备起飞。（An F-35 Lightning II aircraft sits on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) Aug. 27, 2013. The ship was underway in support of F-35B Lightning II Developmental Testing Phase II, which validated operational capabilities of the aircraft for amphibious platforms.）

2013年8月27日，大西洋，美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机 BF-01 号原型机在“黄蜂”号两栖攻击舰上打开升力风扇舱盖准备起飞。（An F-35 Lightning II aircraft sits on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD-1) Aug. 27, 2013. The ship was underway in support of F-35B Lightning II Developmental Testing Phase II, which validated operational capabilities of the aircraft for amphibious platforms.）

2013年8月27日，大西洋，美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机 BF-01 号原型机在“黄蜂”号两栖攻击舰上进行第二阶段测试，以验证其在两栖作战平台上的作战能力。（An F-35 Lightning II aircraft sits on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD-1) Aug. 27, 2013. The ship was underway in support of F-35B Lightning II Developmental Testing Phase II, which validated operational capabilities of the aircraft for amphibious platforms.）

2014年5月6日，美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，第33战斗机联队的 F-35A“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机进行热炕加油训练。热炕加油指的是在发动机运转的情况下加油。（An F-35A Lightning II receives fuel from an extended arm attached to a hot pit station on the 33rd Fighter Wing flightline May 6 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The fuels flight facilitates the four hot pit stations on the 33rd FW flightline used by Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy F-35 Lightning II aircraft.）

2014年5月6日，美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，第33战斗机联队的 F-35A“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机进行热炕加油训练。热炕加油指的是在发动机运转的情况下加油。（An F-35A Lightning II receives fuel from an extended arm attached to a hot pit station on the 33rd Fighter Wing flightline May 6 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The fuels flight facilitates the four hot pit stations on the 33rd FW flightline used by Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy F-35 Lightning II aircraft.）

2014年5月6日，美国佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，第33战斗机联队的地勤和洛克希德·马丁公司的技术员为 F-35A“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机进行双机热炕加油训练，稍远处的 F-35 属于荷兰空军。（Senior Airman Jordan Shope, 96th Fuels Flight, brings out the refueling arm for Staff Sgt. Mark Freeman, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, during an F-35A Lightning II hot pit session May 6 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The fuels flight facilitates the four hot pit stations on the 33rd Fighter Wing flightline used by Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy F-35 Lightning II aircraft. The 131 Airmen and civilians of the fuels flight fall under the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron and were recently named best fuels flight in Air Force Materiel Command.）