美国海军 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队BF-03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不对称外挂飞行品质测试。（A test pilot assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 flies an F-35B Lightning II during an Asymmetric Flying Qualities test. Aircraft BF-03, a multi-role Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft, is based at the F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF) located aboard NAS Patuxent River, Md.）

美国海军 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队的 F-35B“闪电”II 在首次弹仓武器分离实验中投掷 GBU-12 精确制导炸弹。（ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 3, 2012) F-35B test aircraft BF-3, flown by Lt. Cmdr. Michael Burks, completes the first aerial weapons release of an inert 500-pound GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb by any variant of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. BF-3 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 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队的 F-35B“闪电”II 在武器分离实验中投掷英国“宝石路”IV 精确制导炸弹，飞行员是英国空军少校安迪·安吉尔，此前该型炸弹只装备“狂风”战轰和“台风”战机。（The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 conducted the first weapons separation test of the UK’s Paveway IV precision-guided bomb from an F-35B Lightning II short take-off/vertical-landing (STOVL) variant June 12. During flight 461 over the NAVAIR Atlantic Test Ranges, RAF Squadron Leader Andy Edgell dropped two inert Paveway IV bombs from aircraft BF-03. This test is the first of a series of UK weapons separation events scheduled for 2015.）