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Lt. Col. Matt Taylor flies F-35C test aircraft CF-02 during Flight 109 and performs the first night flight of the carrier variant on June 13th, 2012 from NAS Patuxent River. [Lockheed Martin photo]

Lt. Col. Matt Taylor flies F-35C test aircraft CF-02 during Flight 109 and performs the first night flight of the carrier variant on June 13th, 2012 from NAS Patuxent River. [Lockheed Martin photo]

Lt. Col. Matt Taylor flies F-35C test aircraft CF-02 during Flight 109 and performs the first night flight of the carrier variant on June 13th, 2012 from NAS Patuxent River. [Lockheed Martin photo]

Lt. Col. Matt Taylor flies F-35C test aircraft CF-02 during Flight 109 and performs the first night flight of the carrier variant on June 13th, 2012 from NAS Patuxent River. [Lockheed Martin photo]

RAF F-35B #ZM136 (BK-02) is seen landing at NAS Fort Worth on July 12th, 2012 after one of its first flights. [Photo by Zane Adams]

Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti flew a 1.4-hour inaugural flight of F-35B BK-2 from NAS Fort Worth JRB on July 11th, 2012. BK-2 (serial number ZM136) is the second F-35 produced for the United Kingdom. [Photo by Carl Richards]

RAF F-35B (ZM135), the first international Lockheed Martin Lightning II, takes off from NAS Fort Worth on July 23rd, 2012 en route for Eglin AFB. The UK officially took ownership of ZM135 (formerly known as 'BK-1') at a ceremony in Fort Worth on July 19th, 2012. The jet will...

F-35B BF-2 taxis in after arriving at Edwards AFB on July 23rd, 2012 in order to begin airstart testing at the 461st FLTS. USMC test pilot Lt. Col. Matt Kelly flew the aircraft from NAS Patuxent River. [Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe]

The first-ever F-35 weapons release test flight was successfully carried out over the Atlantic Test Range near NAS Patuxent River, Maryland on August 8th, 2012. During flight 224, Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Levin released an inert 1,000-pound GBU-32 JDAM separation test...
See also: F-35 completes first airborne weapons separation