BF-01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垂直降落测试，这是 BF-01号第100次垂降。（F-35B BF-1’s 100th vertical landing.F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) test aircraft BF-1 executes its 100th vertical landing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., on July 25.）

BF-01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垂直降落，这是 BF-01号第100次飞行。（Take off from R/W 32. 100th flight for BF-01，Sunny clear skies, basically awesome.）

BF-01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垂直降落，这是 BF-01号第268次飞行。（PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Dec. 7, 2012) Maj. C. R. Clift, a Marine Corps test pilot, flies BF-1, an F-35B Lightning II, on a short take off and vertical landing mode mission. The flight marked the 1000th developmental test flight for the F-35B Lightning II in the program's program's system development and demonstration phase. 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-01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首次进行垂直降落。（The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF) from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 performed the first vertical landing (VL) of an F-35B short take-off/vertical-landing (STOVL) variant with aircraft BF-01 on March 18, 2010. Since 2010, the PAX ITF has flown more than 1,800 test flights, logged 2,544 test hours and completed 12,800 F-35B test points, directly resulting in the USMC Initial Operating Capability flight clearance.）

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.）

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.）

2013年8月3日，美国马里兰州帕塔克森特河海军航空站，美国海军陆战队 F-35B 短距起飞/垂直降落型系统发展与验证机进行第500次垂直降落试验。（FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug.6, 2013 – The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft completed its 500th vertical landing August 3. BF-1, the aircraft which completed this achievement, also accomplished the variant’s first vertical landing in March 2010 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.）