美国海军陆战队BF-02号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在飞行测试中飞越马里兰州东海岸。（Dan "Dog" Canin piloting BF-02 over the Eastern Shore of Maryland on 22 July during a Weapon Environmental flight.）

美国海军陆战队BF-02号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在飞行测试中飞越马里兰州东海岸。（Dan "Dog" Canin piloting BF-02 over the Eastern Shore of Maryland on 22 July during a Weapon Environmental flight.）

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.）

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.）

美国海军陆战队第二架（BF-02）F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在完成机炮吊舱大攻角测试后返航。（An F-35B returns to base following High Angle of Attack testing with Gun Pod on March 30, 2015.）

美国马里兰州东海岸，美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机（BF-02）与空军 KC-135 进行空中加油测试。（BF-02 | Flight 322 | Major Justin "Geico" Carlson | Geico piloting BF-02 during KC-135 Strategic Tanker testing over the Eastern Shore of MD on Aug 11, 2014.）

2012年2月28日，美国马里兰州帕塔克森特河海军航空站，美国海军陆战队第二架（BF-02）F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机进行垂直起降测试。（F-35 Lightning II Program Surpasses 5,000 Flight Hours，FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 3, 2012 – The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II program surpassed 5,000 flight hours last month. This milestone was reached by the combined F-35 System Development and Demonstration (SDD) aircraft flying at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., and the training aircraft flying at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All three variants, the F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL), the Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing (STOVL) and Carrier Variant (CV), participated in achievement of this goal.）

2011年2月26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BF-02号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机正在起飞。这是该机的第一百次飞行，试飞员是戴夫·纳尔逊。（Variant: BF-02，Test Pilot: Dave Nelson，Flight#: 100，Flight 100 of BF-02）

2013年6月20日，美国马里兰州，美国海军陆战队 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机从帕塔克森特河海军航空站起飞进行空中加油实验。（BF-02 Flt 254 piloted by LtCol Moran performs strategic tanking tests with a KC-10 over the offshore test track on 21 June 2013 from NAS Patuxent River, MD. A KC-10 tanker refuels an F-35B on a test flight June 20, 2013.）