2012年11月3日，美国加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地，美国空军 F-35A“闪电”II 常规起降型系统发展与验证机开始进入大迎角试飞阶段，将分架次从20度逐步增加至设计限制的50度。（F-35A test aircraft AF-4 flies a high angle of attack (AOA) mission Nov. 3. The F-35 is designed to fly to a 50 degree angle of attack, which was achieved on the fourth AOA test mission. The aircraft has an emergency spin chute installed to help return the aircraft to controlled flight in the case that AOA test push the aircraft out of flight control limits.）

2012年11月3日，美国加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地，美国空军 F-35A“闪电”II 常规起降型系统发展与验证机开始进入大迎角试飞阶段，将分架次从20度逐步增加至设计限制的50度。（F-35A test aircraft AF-4 flies a high angle of attack (AOA) mission Nov. 3. The F-35 is designed to fly to a 50 degree angle of attack, which was achieved on the fourth AOA test mission. The aircraft has an emergency spin chute installed to help return the aircraft to controlled flight in the case that AOA test push the aircraft out of flight control limits.）

2012年11月3日，美国加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地，美国空军 F-35A“闪电”II 常规起降型系统发展与验证机开始进入大迎角试飞阶段，将分架次从20度逐步增加至设计限制的50度。（EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., November 19, 2012 – An F-35A Lightning II conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft rapidly expanded its high angle of attack (AOA) test envelope to its 50 degree limit in only four flights during recent flight testing here. F-35A test aircraft are limited to AOAs of 20 degrees until their controllability is proven at a higher AOA limit of 50 degrees. The ability to rapidly progress to the maximum AOA indicates a sound aerodynamic and flight control system design. High AOA testing will continue on the F-35A for several months testing the capabilities of all design loadings and the flight control system.）

2007年8月23日，美国新墨西哥州白沙导弹靶场，美国空军第46作战大队第40飞行试验中队的 F-15E“攻击鹰”投放 AGM-158 联合防区外空地导弹进行测试，投放环境为高度22000英尺，载机速度0.85马赫，该导弹是洛克希德·马丁公司在1994年 AGM-137“三军防区外攻击导弹”(TSSAM) 计划被取消后，为美国空/海军研制的新一代通用防区外空地导弹。（ORLANDO, Fla., July 26, 2012 – Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) recently completed F-15E platform integration with a successful all-up round (AUR) flight test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.）

2012年5月9日，埃格林空军基地 F-35A 进行第500架次飞行，由埃里克·史密斯中校驾驶。（Lt Col Eric Smith flight in F-35 at Eglin Air Force Base，Eglin Completes 500TH F-35 Sortie.）

2013年5月28日，美国马里兰州帕塔克森特河海军航空站，英国飞行员吉姆·斯科菲尔德首次驾驶 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机进行垂直降落试验。（Squadron Leader Jim Schofield became the first Royal Air Force pilot to complete a vertical landing of a Lockheed Martin F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) Lightning II on May 28, 2013. Following the flight, Schofield commented on the F-35B’s handling capabilities.）

2011年5月13日，美国加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地，第一架生产型 F-35A“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机（编号：AF-06）飞越罗杰斯干湖床。（The second production model F-35A Lightning II aircraft flies above the compass rose of Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., May 13, 2011. The aircraft, designated AF-6, ferried to Edwards AFB from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, following the Air Force formally accepting the fighter into its inventory the day before. The first production jet, AF-7, was delivered to Edwards May 6, making six total F-35 aircraft in the test program on base.）

2012年9月27日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，美国海军陆战队少校迈克·朗特里驾驶BF-15号 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机前往埃格林空军基地，该机被分配给第33战斗机联队 VMFAT-501 战斗/攻击机训练中队，这是洛克希德·马丁公司向埃格林空军基地交付的第20架F-35。（FORT WORTH, Texas, September 27, 2012 – The 20th Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II was delivered today to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., to support F-35 pilot and maintainer training taking place on the Emerald Coast. BF-15, piloted by U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Mike Rountree, left Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base at 10:39 a.m. CDT en route for a 90 minute ferry flight to Eglin. The F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) jet is the fourteenth F-35 to ferry there this year. BF-15 is now assigned to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s Marine Fighter/Attack Training Squadron 501 with the host 33d Fighter Wing.）

2013年8月20日，大西洋，美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 短距/垂直起降型系统发展与验证机在“黄蜂”号两栖攻击舰上进行第二阶段垂直降落试验。（An F-35B test aircraft hovers above the USS Wasp while another operates around the ship in short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) mode on Aug. 20, 2013. The two aircraft were participating in Developmental Test Phase Two for the U.S. Marine Corps STOVL variant of the F-35.）

2013年8月20日，大西洋，美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 短距/垂直起降型系统发展与验证机在“黄蜂”号两栖攻击舰上进行垂直降落试验，另一架 F-35B（BF-05）则在空中悬停。（An F-35B test aircraft hovers above the USS Wasp while another operates around the ship in short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) mode on Aug. 20, 2013. The two aircraft were participating in Developmental Test Phase Two for the U.S. Marine Corps STOVL variant of the F-35.）