BF-04和CF-01号 F-35B/C“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机和陆战队 KC-130R 在空中加油测试中编队飞行。（F-35B and F-35C Test Aircraft, F-35B and F-35C aircraft fly together on test missions from NAS Patuxent River, Md. on March 7, 2013. The aircraft were photographed together while tanking with a KC-130 refueling aircraft for separate test missions.）

BF-04和CF-01号 F-35B/C“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机和陆战队 KC-130R 在空中加油测试中编队飞行。（F-35B and F-35C Test Aircraft, F-35B and F-35C aircraft fly together on test missions from NAS Patuxent River, Md. on March 7, 2013. The aircraft were photographed together while tanking with a KC-130 refueling aircraft for separate test missions.）

BF-04和CF-01号 F-35B/C“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在空中加油测试中编队飞行。（F-35B and F-35C Test Aircraft, F-35B and F-35C aircraft fly together on test missions from NAS Patuxent River, Md. on March 7, 2013. The aircraft were photographed together while tanking with a KC-130 refueling aircraft for separate test missions.）

BF-04号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在黄昏中飞越马里兰州东海岸。（F-35B Flies at Dusk, An F-35B test aircraft flies over the coast. LtCol Patrick "Oxy" Moran piloting BF-04 over the Eastern Shore of MD on 19 April 2013.）

BF-04号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在落日余辉中返回马里兰州帕塔克森特河海军航空站。（F-35B Weapons Testing.F-35B test aircraft BF-4 flies a test mission over Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. with weapons bay doors open on March 19, 2012.）

BF-04号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在马里兰州帕塔克森特河海军航空站进行弹仓载荷测试飞行。（F-35B Weapons Testing.F-35B test aircraft BF-4 flies a test mission over Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. with weapons bay doors open on March 19, 2012.）

BF-04号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在马里兰州帕塔克森特河海军航空站进行武器载荷和弹仓开关测试飞行。（F-35B Weapons Testing.F-35B test aircraft BF-4 flies a test mission over Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. with weapons bay doors open on March 19, 2012.）

BF-04号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机在“黄蜂”号两栖攻击舰上垂降。（F-35B Ship Trials.F-35B ship suitability testing aboard the USS WASP (LHD-1) in October 2011.BF-04's arrival to the USS Wasp; Test Pilot was Maj Richard Rusnok, Flight 70.）

BF-04号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机飞越“黄蜂”号两栖攻击舰准备进行着舰。（F-35 BF-4 Begins Ship Testing.BF-4, the second F-35B test aircraft to land aboard amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1), flies to the ship on Oct. 6, 2011.BF-04 Flight 70. Ferry to LHD-1 (USS Wasp) for Initial Ship Trials on 06 October, 2011. Major Richard Rusnok was the pilot.）

BF-04号 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机飞越马里兰州东海岸前往大西洋“黄蜂”号两栖攻击舰进行着舰测试。（Marine test pilot Lt. Col. Fred Schenk begins his last scheduled F-35 test flight June 26 in BF-4 at Patuxent River, Md. Schenk concluded his tour as government flight test director June 29 and was the first pilot to land the short takeoff and vertical landing version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on USS Wasp (LHD 1) in October 2011. The F-35B for the U.S. Marine Corps and international partners is capable of short takeoffs and vertical landings for use on amphibious ships or expeditionary airfields to provide air power to the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The F-35B is undergoing test and evaluation at NAS Patuxent River prior to delivery to the fleet.）