美国南卡罗来纳州博福特海军陆战队航空站，2014年7月17日，美国海军陆战队VMFAT-501战斗/攻击机训练中队首架 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机抵达基地后飞行员准备下机，从这个角度可以看出 F-35 有非常厚实的前机身。（The first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, July 17. The aircraft is the first to join VMFAT-501 at MCAS Beaufort since relocating from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. last week.The F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter will replace the Marine Corps' aging legacy tactical fleet. In addition to replacing the F/A-18A-D Hornet, the Marine Corps will replace the AV-8B Harrier and EA-6B Prowler. The integration of the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter into the Marine Corps' arsenal provides the dominant, multi-role, fifth-generation capabilities needed across the full spectrum of combat operations to deter potential adversaries and enable future naval aviation power projection.）

美国南卡罗来纳州博福特海军陆战队航空站，2014年7月17日，美国海军陆战队VMFAT-501战斗/攻击机训练中队首架 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机抵达基地后停入机棚。（The first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, July 17. The aircraft is the first to join VMFAT-501 at MCAS Beaufort since relocating from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. last week.The F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter will replace the Marine Corps' aging legacy tactical fleet. In addition to replacing the F/A-18A-D Hornet, the Marine Corps will replace the AV-8B Harrier and EA-6B Prowler. The integration of the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter into the Marine Corps' arsenal provides the dominant, multi-role, fifth-generation capabilities needed across the full spectrum of combat operations to deter potential adversaries and enable future naval aviation power projection.）

美国南卡罗来纳州博福特海军陆战队航空站，2014年7月17日，美国海军陆战队VMFAT-501战斗/攻击机训练中队首架 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机抵达。（The first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, July 17. The aircraft is the first to join VMFAT-501 at MCAS Beaufort since relocating from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. last week.The F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter will replace the Marine Corps' aging legacy tactical fleet. In addition to replacing the F/A-18A-D Hornet, the Marine Corps will replace the AV-8B Harrier and EA-6B Prowler. The integration of the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter into the Marine Corps' arsenal provides the dominant, multi-role, fifth-generation capabilities needed across the full spectrum of combat operations to deter potential adversaries and enable future naval aviation power projection.）

美国南卡罗来纳州博福特海军陆战队航空站，2014年7月17日，美国海军陆战队VMFAT-501战斗/攻击机训练中队首架 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机抵达进入停机棚。（U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Joseph Bachmann, commanding officer, Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501), Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, lands the first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter that will call Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., home, July 17, 2014. The arrival of the F-35B marks the official homecoming of the Warlords to MCAS Beaufort.）

美国南卡罗来纳州博福特海军陆战队航空站，2014年7月17日，美国海军陆战队VMFAT-501战斗/攻击机训练中队首架 F-35B“闪电”II 联合攻击战斗机抵达。（U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Joseph Bachmann, commanding officer, Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501), Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, lands the first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter that will call Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., home, July 17, 2014. The arrival of the F-35B marks the official homecoming of the Warlords to MCAS Beaufort.）