2011年1月11日，美国德克萨斯州沃思堡，洛克希德·马丁公司向美国海军陆战队交付首架生产型 F-35B 短距起飞/垂直降落型联合攻击战斗机。该机正起飞前往新家-佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地，被分配给 VMFAT-501 战斗/攻击机训练中队。（Lockheed Martin Fort Worth Texas Photo by Randy A Crites Customer Sydney Carroll BF-6 Ferry flight to Eglin AFB, Florida from NAS Ft. Worth, Flown by Major O. D. Bachman, USMC.）

2011年1月11日，首架生产型 F-35B 短距起飞/垂直降落型联合攻击战斗机交付美国海军陆战队。该机被分配给 VMFAT-501 战斗/攻击机训练中队，驻扎佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地。（BF-6, the first F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) production jet delivered to the U.S. Marine Corps, arrives at its new assignment with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing's Marine Fighter/Attack Training Squadron 501 at Eglin AFB, Fla. The 5th Generation fighter jet, piloted by U.S. Marine Corps pilot Maj. Joseph Bachmann, touched down on Florida’s Emerald Coast at 3:13 p.m. CST after a 90-minute ferry flight. It was followed by BF-8 which landed at 4:39 p.m. CST piloted by U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Matt Taylor. BF-6 and BF-8 are the first F-35s delivered to the base in 2012 and the seventh and eighth F-35 now stationed there. The aircraft will be used for pilot and maintainer training at the base’s new F-35 Integrated Training Center.）