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Marine Lt. Col. Fred Schenk completed two sorties on BF-1's fifty-seventh test flight (a single test flight can have multiple takeoffs and landings). The flight included two short takeoffs (one at 80 kt and another at 90 kt) and two vertical landings. [Lockheed Martin photo by Phaedra Loftis]
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USAF test pilots Lt. Col. George Griffiths and Maj. Matthew Hayden fly AF-1 and AF-2 over Lake Isabella, California as they refuel their aircraft during a test mission flown from the F-35 Combined Test Force at Edwards AFB. [Lockheed Martin photo by David Henry]
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F-35C no. CF-1 flight five is piloted by Jon Beesley on June 21st, 2010. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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F-35C no. CF-1 flight 5 take off and wing fold on return at Lockheed South on June 21st, 2010. [Lockheed Martin photo by Tom Harvey]
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F-35C no. CF-1 flight 3 afterburner take off is piloted by Jeff (Slim) Knowles on June 17th, 2010. [Lockheed Martin photo by Tom Harvey]
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F-35C no. CF-1 first flight. Piloted by Jeff 'Slim' Knowles on June 6th, 2010. [Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe]
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Maj. Jay Spohn of the Florida ANG is the National Guard's first F-35 pilot. Spohn, who is a former member of the Arkansas ANG's 188th FW in Fort Smith, arrived at the 58th FS at Eglin AFB this summer. [USAF photo by MSgt. Thomas Kielbasa]
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AF-01 banks over Edwards AFB. Pilot was Lt. Col. George Griffiths (USAF). [Lockheed Martin photo by David Henry]
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AF-02 on its third flight on April 23rd, 2010. [Lockheed Martin photo by David Drais]
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AF-02 soars high over the clouds. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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F-35C CF-1 rolled out of the F-35 Final Finishes Facility at Fort Worth, Texas on October 1st, 2010, recently in full colour, as it received its highly accurate robot-applied coatings. [Lockheed Martin photo by Randy Crites]
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F-35C CF-1 rolled out of the F-35 Final Finishes Facility at Fort Worth, Texas on October 1st, 2010, recently in full colour, as it received its highly accurate robot-applied coatings. [Lockheed Martin photo by Randy Crites]
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RAF Squadron Leader Steve Long takes BF-2 to Mach 1.3 on the airplane's fifty-fifth flight. The test point was accomplished during a 1.5-hour flight from NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. The flight also involved hot pit refueling, flutter testing, flying qualities, and other propulsion test points in conventional mode. [Lockheed Martin photo by Liz Kaszynski]
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F-35 BF-04 completes it's 300th flight on July 20th, 2010. [LM photo by Andy Wolfe]
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F-35C CF-1 returns to flight and is seen here on finals over Lake Worth after receiving its final finishes on October 21st, 2010. Lockheed Martin test pilot Jon Beesley flew the aircraft on its fifteenth flight from NAS JRB Fort Worth. [Photo by David Drais]
