Royal navy sailors aboard the Royal navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen El...
NORTH ATLANTIC (Sep. 25, 2018) Royal Navy sailors aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) refuel an F-35B Lightning II fighter jet for flight operations. The F-35B Lightning IIs aboard ... More
An F-35B assigned to the Patuxent River Integrated Test Force continue...
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 04, 2018) An F-35B assigned to the Patuxent River Integrated Test Force continues flight trials aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), Nov. 3, 2018. (U.S. Navy ph... More
Royal air force Sqn. Ldr. Andy Edgell, first of class flight trials (f...
NORTH ATLANTIC (Sep. 25, 2018) Royal Air Force Sqn. Ldr. Andy Edgell, first of class flight trials (fixed wing) lead test pilot, sits in an F-35B Lightning II fighter jet takes off from the Royal Navy aircraft ... More
U.S. Marines pilot a KC-130J Hercules Aerial Refueling
U.S. Marines pilot a KC-130J Hercules Aerial Refueling Tanker during Exercise Valiant Shield at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sep 18, 2018. Valiant Shield is a biennial, U.S. only, field training exercise (FTX... More
A video plays at the at a ribbon cutting ceremony aboard
A video plays at the at a ribbon cutting ceremony aboard Townsend Bombing Range, the East Coast’s premier air-to-ground bombing range, to commemorate its expansion and modernization, Jan 29. The video explained... More
First vertical landing of an F-35B Lightning II March 18, 2010
The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF) from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 performed the first vertical landing (VL) of an F-35B short take-off/vertical-landing (STOVL) variant wi... More
An F-35B test aircraft completes its 100th flight with Lockheed Martin...
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Feb. 26, 2011) An F-35B test aircraft completes its 100th flight with Lockheed Martin test pilot David "Doc" Nelson at the controls. The F-35B is the Marine Corps variant of the Joint Strik... More
Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Kristopher Smith gives the ...
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 04, 2011) Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Kristopher Smith gives the thumbs up for pilot Lt. Col. Fred Schenk to lift an F-35B Lightning II off the flight deck of the amphibious ... More
Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 Commanding
Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 Commanding Officer Lt. Col. James B. Wellons handles the sword of office before passing it to the squadron's new sergeant major, Sgt. Maj. David R. Stocks during a re... More
Yuma tops off new JSF hangar
Col. Robert Kuckuk, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma commanding officer, talks to participants in the topping off ceremony, in which steel workers attached the highest piece of steel to the world's first operation... More
MCAS Yuma tops off new JSF hangar
Steel workers attach the highest piece of steel to the world's first operational Joint Strike Fighter hangar, Nov. 20. The beam was first signed by key personnel to the construction project, before being hoiste... More
Yuma tops off new JSF hangar
Steel workers attach the highest piece of steel to the world's first operational Joint Strike Fighter hangar, Nov. 20. The beam was first signed by key personnel to the construction project, before being hoiste... More
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 17, 2020) A Marine with Marine
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 17, 2020) A Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to mount an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missil... More
Col. Philip J. Zimmerman, commanding officer of Marine
Col. Philip J. Zimmerman, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, bowls a turkey down an aisle of the commissary at an event for special Olympians. The five top scorers got a chance to bow... More
The first two Marine Corps F-35B aircraft arrives at
The first two Marine Corps F-35B aircraft arrives at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., home of Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Jan. 11. Both aircraft were piloted by Marine Corp... More
Lightning strikes twice for 2nd MAW: Marine Corps welcomes first F-35B...
The Marine Corps welcomed its first F-35B aircraft, the Marine Corps variant of the F-35 Lightning II, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 11.
Retired Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Braaten, former commander
Retired Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Braaten, former commander of Marine Corps Air Bases East and commanding general of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, speaks to a crowd of 500 Cherry Point and surrounding commun... More
The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing band performed at the
The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing band performed at the change of command ceremony for Lt. Col. James B. Wellons. Wellons relinquished command of Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 to Lt. Col David R. Berke... More
Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Levin flies F-35B test aircraft BF-2 wi...
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Feb. 22, 2012) Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Levin flies F-35B test aircraft BF-2 with external weapons pylons for the first time. The test measured flying qualities with... More
Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Levin flies F-35B test aircraft BF-2 wi...
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Feb. 22, 2012) Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Levin flies F-35B test aircraft BF-2 with external weapons pylons for the first time. The test measured flying qualities with... More
U.S. Representative Jeff Miller (FL-1), Assistant Commandant
U.S. Representative Jeff Miller (FL-1), Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., and Lockheed Martin CEO Robert Stevens stand for the playing of the national anthem at the Marine Cor... More
2nd MAW receives more F-35B production aircraft
F-35B Lightning II aircrafts four and five departed Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, for the 90-minute flight to 2nd MAW's Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, which resides with ... More
External weapons on F-35B
BF-02 Flight 197 conducted Asymmetric External Stores Testing June 14 with Cmdr. Eric Buus as the pilot.
The F-35B, a single-seat aircraft capable of stealthy
The F-35B, a single-seat aircraft capable of stealthy operations, equipped with an enhanced computer technology system, and capable of performing short takeoff and vertical-landing capabilities while maintainin... More
The F-35B, a single-seat aircraft capable of stealthy
The F-35B, a single-seat aircraft capable of stealthy operations, equipped with an enhanced computer technology system, and capable of performing short takeoff and vertical-landing capabilities while maintainin... More
Deputy Commandant of Marine Corps Aviation visits MCAS Cherry Point
Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmidle Jr., the deputy commandant for aviation, is welcomed to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point by Col. Philip J. Zimmerman, the commanding officer of MCAS Cherry Point, June 25. Maj. ... More
F-35B test aircraft BF-3, flown by Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Levi...
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXTENT RIVER, Md. (Aug. 08, 2012) F-35B test aircraft BF-3, flown by Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Levin, completed the first aerial weapons release for any variant of the aircraft. BF-3 d... More
Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Canin flies BF-2 during air start testi...
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., (Aug. 08, 2012) Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Canin flies BF-2 during air start testing. Air starts test the ability of the F-35's propulsion system to restart during flight. Ve... More
Marine and Navy pilots conduct a formation flying qualities test.
ATLANTIC TEST RANGE (Aug. 22, 2012) F-35 test pilots Marine Corps Maj. C. R. Clift and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Burks fly BF-2 and BF-4 during a formation flying qualities test. Testing formation flying qualities... More
F-35 test pilots Marine Corps Maj. C. R. Clift and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Mich...
ATLANTIC TEST RANGE (Aug. 22, 2012) F-35 test pilots Marine Corps Maj. C. R. Clift and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Burks fly BF-2 and BF-4 during a formation flying qualities test. Testing formation flying qualities... More
Navy test pilot Lt. Christopher Tabert flies F-35B Joint Strike Fighte...
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Sep. 19, 2012) Navy test pilot Lt. Christopher Tabert flies F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft BF-3 with inert AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles over the Atlantic Test Range. The test fligh... More
An F-35B Joint Strike Fighter conducts the first aerial
An F-35B Joint Strike Fighter conducts the first aerial refueling of its kind with a KC-130J Hercules in the sky above Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 2. Previous aerial refueling operations with the F-35 have... More
Third Marine Aircraft Wing's first F-35B taxis in Fri.,
Third Marine Aircraft Wing's first F-35B taxis in Fri., Nov. 16, 2012 at approximately 1 p.m. on the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma flightline. Piloted by F-35 pilot instructor Maj. A. C. Liberman, today's arri... More
U. S. Marine Corps F-18 Super Hornets (right) escort
U. S. Marine Corps F-18 Super Hornets (right) escort the new F-35B (left) to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Ariz., Nov. 16, 2012. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 is the nation's first home for the F-3... More
Third Marine Aircraft Wing's first F-35B taxis in Fri.,
Third Marine Aircraft Wing's first F-35B taxis in Fri., Nov. 16, 2012 at approximately 1 p.m. on the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma flightline. Piloted by F-35 pilot instructor Maj. A. C. Liberman, today's arri... More
An F-35B Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike
An F-35B Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter, refuels above Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Nov. 20. This F-35B is the second aircraft to join the newly-designated Marine Fighter Attack S... More
F-35B test aircraft BF-3, flown by Lt. Cmdr. Michael Burks, completes ...
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 03, 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 ... More
Maj. C. R. Clift, a Marine Corps test pilot, flies BF-1, an F-35B Ligh...
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Dec. 07, 2012) Maj. C. R. Clift, a Marine Corps test pilot, flies BF-1, an F-35B Lightning II, on a short take off and vertical landing mode mission. The flight marked the 1000th developmen... More
A F-35B is attached to a crane in support of a aircraft
A F-35B is attached to a crane in support of a aircraft lift training exercise with Marine Corps Air Station Yuma’s Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting unit and Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 at Marine Corps ... More
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 conducted its first
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 conducted its first operational F-35B Lighting II flight at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Feb. 21, 2013. “This flight not only marks the first local flight of the F-35... More
An F-35B Joint Strike Fighter from Marine Fighter Attack
An F-35B Joint Strike Fighter from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., launching the squadron’s first orientation flight, Feb. 21, 2013. The F-35 was piloted ... More
Pilots and plane captains from Marine Fighter Attack
Pilots and plane captains from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 inform attendees about the F-35B during the 51st Marine Corps Air Station Yuma’s Air Show at MCAS Yuma, March 9. The aircraft was put on display... More
United Kingdom Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Frankie
United Kingdom Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Frankie Buchler, became the first international student-pilot to fly a sortie in the F-35B Lightning II March 19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force phot... More
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 conducted its first
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 conducted its first F-35B Lightning II short take off and vertical landing at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 21, 2013. VMFA-121 is the Marine Corps' first operati... More
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, the Corps’ first
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, the Corps’ first operational F-35B Lightning II squadron, prepares for flight operations aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. March 21, 2013. VMFA-121 conducted the M... More
Instructor pilots maintain aerial refueling proficiency
An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Traning Squadron 501 takes on fuel from a Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 KC-130J during a training exercise over the Atlantic Ocean April 9, 2013.... More
Eglin Air Force Base firefighters move toward a 33rd
Eglin Air Force Base firefighters move toward a 33rd Fighter Wing F-35 Lightning II during a major accident response exercise May 9. This was the first MARE involving the Air Force’s newest fighter aircraft at ... More
An F-35B Lightning with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
An F-35B Lightning with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 501 takes on fuel during a training exercise over the Gulf of Mexico, May 30, 2013. Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 flew from Marine Corps Ai... More
An F-35B Lightning II taxis after landing at Cherry
An F-35B Lightning II taxis after landing at Cherry Point for maintenance July 9. This is the first F-35B scheduled for maintenance at Fleet Readiness Center East.
Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmidle Jr., deputy commandant
Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmidle Jr., deputy commandant for aviation, addresses Fleet Readiness Center East members during a ceremony for the arrival of the first F-35B Lightning II July 15 at the FRC East hangar. “... More
An F-35B Lightning II from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
An F-35B Lightning II from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., lands aboard MCAS Miramar, Calif., July 30. The Lightning II is the Marine Corps’ newest aircraft and is capa... More
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), conducts it's first public demonstration at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Mirama... More
Marines view an F-35B Lightning II from Marine Fighter
Marines view an F-35B Lightning II from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., aboard MCAS Miramar, Calif., July 30. The Lightning II is the Marine Corps’ newest aircraft and ... More
An F-35B Lightning II from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
An F-35B Lightning II from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., takes off aboard MCAS Miramar, Calif., July 30. The Lightning II is the Marine Corps’ newest aircraft and is ... More
Test pilot Capt. Michael Kingen flies BF-1, an F-35B Lightning II, dur...
PATUXENT RVIER Md. (Aug. 01, 2013) Test pilot Capt. Michael Kingen flies BF-1, an F-35B Lightning II, during a 500-pound GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided weapon separation test. BF-1 dropped the GBU-12 over the A... More
An F-35B Lightning II aircraft undergoes testing aboard
An F-35B Lightning II aircraft undergoes testing aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during the second at-sea F-35 developmental test event. The F-35B is the Marine Corps variant of the Joint St... More
An F-35B Lightning II aircraft undergoes testing aboard the amphibious...
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 12, 2013) An F-35B Lightning II aircraft undergoes testing aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during the second at-sea F-35 developmental test event. The F-35B is the Marin... More
An F-35B Lightning II aircraft takes off from the amphibious assault s...
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 14, 2013) An F-35B Lightning II aircraft takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during the second at-sea F-35 developmental test event. The F-35B is the Marine Corps va... More
An F-35B Lightning II aircraft lands aboard the amphibious assault shi...
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 14, 2013) An F-35B Lightning II aircraft lands aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during the second at-sea F-35 developmental test event. The F-35B is the Marine Corps vari... More
An F-35B Lightning II aircraft takes off from the amphibious assault s...
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 14, 2013) An F-35B Lightning II aircraft takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during the second at-sea F-35 developmental test event. The F-35B is the Marine Corps va... More
An F-35B Lightning II aircraft takes off from the amphibious assault s...
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 14, 2013) An F-35B Lightning II aircraft takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during the second at-sea F-35 developmental test event. The F-35B is the Marine Corps va... More
An F-35B Lightning II from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
An F-35B Lightning II from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., retracts its landing gear shortly after takeoff, Thursday. This F-35B is one of four to simultaneously ... More
F-35B Lightning II completes a Vertical Landing during DT-II aboard US...
13P00405_22 – Aircraft BF-01 from the F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF) assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 completed a Vertical Landing (VL) aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1) on Au... More
An F-35 Lightning II aircraft sits on the flight deck
An F-35 Lightning II aircraft sits on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) Aug. 27, 2013. The ship was underway in support of F-35B Lightning II Developmental Testing Phase II, wh... More
An F-35B Lightning II aircraft lands aboard the amphibious assault shi...
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 09, 2013) An F-35B Lightning II aircraft lands aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin) File# 131009-N-ZZ999-001
A Marine F-35B joint strike fighter makes an approach
A Marine F-35B joint strike fighter makes an approach to the runway during the first short take-off and vertical landing mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 25. The milestone training mission was flown ... More
Maj. Laurens Vijge, a Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot,
Maj. Laurens Vijge, a Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot, gets fit tested for his helmet mounted display for the F-35A Lightning II Dec. 11 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. On Dec. 18, Vijge became the first RNLAF ... More
Lockheed Martin maintainers complete preflight checks
Lockheed Martin maintainers complete preflight checks on the Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A Lightning II prior to a sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The RNLAF completed their first joint strike fighter f... More
Heat pulses off the flightline as Royal Air Force pilot,
Heat pulses off the flightline as Royal Air Force pilot, Squadron Leader Hugh Nichols, taxis a Marine F-35B Lightning II toward the runway for the first short take-off and vertical landing sortie by a United Ki... More
A 33rd Fighter Wing maintainer performs post flight
A 33rd Fighter Wing maintainer performs post flight checks on an F-35A Lightning II after a sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Staff Sgt. Mark Freeman, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance
Staff Sgt. Mark Freeman, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, touches the 58th Fighter Squadron logo on the side of an F-35A Lightning II during hot pit refueling at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All of the F-35 v... More
Staff Sgt. Mark Freeman, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance
Staff Sgt. Mark Freeman, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, performs a post-flight check on an F-35A Lightning II tire before refueling it at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All of the F-35 variants use the refueli... More
Audience members watch as an F-35B Lightning II taxis
Audience members watch as an F-35B Lightning II taxis down the runway May 17, before takeoff during the Joint Strike Fighter demonstration at the 2014 MCAS Cherry Point Air show. This year's air show, "Inspirat... More
A Navy F-35C, a Marine Corps F-35B, and an Air Force
A Navy F-35C, a Marine Corps F-35B, and an Air Force F-35A Lightning II participate in a training sortie together May 21, near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All three variants of the fifth generation multirole ste... More
Col. Peter Buck, commanding officer of Marine Corps
Col. Peter Buck, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, speaks at a ceremony in downtown Beaufort July 11 to welcome home Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501. VMFAT-501 returned to Fig... More
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort welcomed home one
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort welcomed home one of its own, July 11. Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 returned to Fightertown and with it, a new era in Marine Corps aviation. VMFAT-501 was locate... More
Sgt. Maj. Eric R. Siddons, Sergeant Major of Marine
Sgt. Maj. Eric R. Siddons, Sergeant Major of Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501) looks over the Marines assigned to the color guard before the start of a homecoming ceremony aboard Marine Co... More
Lt. Col. Joseph T. Bachmann, Commanding Officer of
Lt. Col. Joseph T. Bachmann, Commanding Officer of Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501) lands a F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter aboard the flight line of Marine Corps Air Station Beauf... More
The first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter assigned
The first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501) lands aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, July 17. The aircraft is the first to join V... More
The first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Short
The first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing was performed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Aug. 1. The landing was executed by Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadr... More
Col. Ricardo Martinez, the commanding officer of Marine
Col. Ricardo Martinez, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., and staff from Senator John McCain’s office take a tour around an F-35B Lighting II at Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, ... More
Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501),
Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501), the Marine Corps' only F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter training squadron, completed their first F-35B Lightning II takeoff supported entirely by ... More
Senior Airman Herbert Tucker, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance
Senior Airman Herbert Tucker, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, marshals in an F-35A Lightning II for a hot pit refueling session at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All of the F-35 variants use the refueling areas... More
An F-35A Lightning II pilot turns his aircraft along
An F-35A Lightning II pilot turns his aircraft along the yellow taxi line on the 33rd Fighter Wing flightline at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Senior Airman Herbert Tucker, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance
Senior Airman Herbert Tucker, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, checks his six before marshaling out a refueled F-35A Lightning II at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All of the F-35 variants use the refueling area... More
Senior Airman Herbert Tucker, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance
Senior Airman Herbert Tucker, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, marshals in an F-35A Lightning II for a hot pit refueling session at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All of the F-35 variants use the refueling areas... More
F-35B Lightning II completes Solar Array Lighting test at the McKinley...
An F-35B Lightning II short take-off/vertical-landing (STOVL) variant underwent Solar Array Lighting Test at the McKinley Climatic Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base. With 13 countries currently involved in the... More
F-35B Lightning II STOVL aircraft completes icing cloud testing at the...
15P000037_28 - In March, 2015, an F-35B Lightning II short take-off/vertical-landing (STOVL) variant completed climatic testing at the 96th Test Wing's McKinley Climatic Laboratory (MCL) at Eglin Air Force Base... More
Students from Elliot Elementary School, located in
Students from Elliot Elementary School, located in Laurel Bay, visited Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Jan. 29. Air Station Marines provided students with i... More
An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., performs a short takeoff as part of required flying field carrier landing practices (FCLP) at th... More
Sailors guild an F-35B Lighting II on the flight deck of the amphibiou...
ATLANTIC OCEAN (May. 18, 2015) Sailors guild an F-35B Lighting II on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp, embarked with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 and VMFAT-501,... More
Two F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters complete
Two F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters complete vertical landings aboard the USS Wasp (LHD-1) during the opening day of the first session of operational testing, May 18, 2015. As the future of Marine Corp... More
An F-35B Lighting II lands on the flight deck of the amphibious assaul...
ATLANTIC OCEAN (May. 18, 2015) An F-35B Lighting II lands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp, embarked with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 and VMFAT-501, is unde... More
150518-N-BQ308-001 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 18, 2015) F-35
150518-N-BQ308-001 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 18, 2015) F-35 Bravo Lighting II stand ready on the deck of amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) for day two of first phase operational testing (OT-1). Wasp, embarked ... More
OT-1 - US Navy Photo - A fighter jet flying over a ship at night
150520-N-JW440-073 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 20, 2015) A F-35 Bravo Lighting II prepares to land on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp, with VMFA-121 and VMFAT-501 embarked, is un... More
150520-N-BQ308-199 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 20, 2015) Rear
150520-N-BQ308-199 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 20, 2015) Rear Adm. Cynthia Thebaud, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group Two, explains some F-35B safety considerations to a group of distinguished visitors. Distingui... More
An F-35B Lightning II lands on the flight deck of the
An F-35B Lightning II lands on the flight deck of the USS Wasp (LHD-1) during short take-off, vertical landing operations, May 20, 2015. No other fighter jet in the world is capable of a vertical landing or tak... More
An F-35B Lightning II lands on the flight deck of the
An F-35B Lightning II lands on the flight deck of the USS Wasp (LHD-1) during short take-off, vertical landing operations, May 20, 2015. No other fighter jet in the world is capable of a vertical landing or tak... More
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, Deputy Commandant
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, Deputy Commandant for Aviation (right), talks with Royal Navy Cmdr. Mark Dellar and Lt. Cmdr. Jim Cobbert, while embarked aboard USS Wasp May 20, 2015, during the first pha... More
150521-N-PR464-010 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 21, 2015) An
150521-N-PR464-010 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 21, 2015) An MV-22 Osprey assault support aircraft touches down on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp, with VMFA-121 and VMFAT-501 emba... More