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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas/Jrb Fort Worth State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MCC Eric A. Clement, USN Release Status: Rel More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas/Jrb Fort Worth State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MCC Eric A. Clement, USN Release Status: Rel More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas/Jrb Fort Worth State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MCC Eric A. Clement, USN Release Status: Rel More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas/Jrb Fort Worth State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MCC Eric A. Clement, USN Release Status: Rel More

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DoD's first production F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter soars over Destin, Fla., on its way to its new home at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Marine variant of the JSF belongs to Marine Fighter Attack Sq More

A 33rd Fighter Wing maintainer watches as the first F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter taxis in to its new home at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., July 14.

F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter crew chief, Tech. Sgt. Brian West, watches his aircraft approach for the first time at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., July 14. Aircraft 0747 is DOD's newest aircraft.

The first Department of Defense F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter soars over the Northwest Florida airspace before landing at its new home at Eglin Air Force Base, July 14. Its pilot, Lt. Col. Eric Smith o More

Staff Sgt. Michael Sanders, of the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron checks out the first F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The first JSF arrival also marked Sanders first ti More

Lt. Col. Eric Smith, operations director for the 58th Fighter Squadron, is the first Air Force pilot certified to fly the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter. He delivered the first aircraft to Eglin Air For More

Marine Maj. Joseph Bachmann, of the 33rd Operations Group, relaxes with 33rd Fighter Wing leadership as maintainers secure the newest F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter to arrive at Eglin Air Force Base, Fl More

The first F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter to arrive to the 33rd Fighter Wing was on display during the aircraft's official rollout ceremony Aug. 26 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

An F-35B Lightning II is secured in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp. The F-35B is the Marine Corps Joint Strike Force variant of the Joint Strike Fighter. The aircraft is undergoing t More

An aviation boatswain’s mate maneuvers BF-04, front, the U.S. Marine Corps variant of the F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter, after a vertical landing aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp. BF-02, the More

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

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

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.

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

Lt. Col. Eric Smith, the 58th Fighter Squadron director of operations, secures his helmet for testing prior to stepping to the F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter for its first-ever training sortie March 6 More

Courtesy photo provided by Lockheed Martin Corp., taken by Fred Clingerman in April 2012 at the Lockheed Martin Factory in Ft. Worth, Tx.

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 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 operations, equipped with an enhanced computer technology system, and capable of performing short takeoff and vertical-landing capabilities while maintainin More

Col. Michael Gough, left, the Marine Aircraft Group 13 commanding officer, listens as Sgt. William Luhrsen, a F-35B Lightning II airframes mechanic and low observation technician, explains some of the new compo More

Col. Robert Kuckuk, first on the left, Commanding Officer of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, provides a tour of the AV-8B Harrier Flight Simulation Building to Andy Tobin, second from the left, the Speaker of th More

Yuma high school students from around the local area tour one of the new Joint Strike Fighter hangars, Oct. 18, before Marine Corps Air Station Yuma’s standup of its first operational F-35 squadron. “Getting th More

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 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., 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 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

Yuma's second F-35B, BF-20, flown by Maj. Aric Liberman, a pilot with the new squadron, arrives at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma's flight line following the re-designation ceremony for Marine Fighter Attack Squ More

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

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, 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

Joint Task Force-Bravos Joint Security Forces and Honduran Air Force and Army personal secure the area during a Isolated Personal Recovery Exercise, April 25. The exercise is designed to test the capabilities o More

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

Two F-35B Lightning IIs fly overhead before landing at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., May 22, becoming the 5th and 6th aircraft attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121. VMFA-121 is the first opera More

Lt. Cmdr. Chris Tabert, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, prepares to fly the squadron's first F-35C Lightning II local sortie. The F-35C is the carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter. VFA 101 More

Lt. Cmdr. Chris Tabert walks to the flight line to pilot the first F-35C Lightning II flight at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Aug. 14. Before arriving to U.S. Navy F-35 Strike Fighter Squadron VFA 101 in February More

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

Lt. Col. David R. Berke, Commanding Officer of Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501) speaks with Scott Dudley, the former Commanding Officer of the squadron, about the F-35B Lightning II Joint More

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

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, 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 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

Maj. Gen. Juan G. Ayala, Commanding General of Marine Corps Installations Command, greets CWO3 John C. Johnson outside of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) hanger aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C. Feb More

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 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 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

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

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 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

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 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 Takeoff/Vertical Landing was performed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Aug. 1. The landing was executed by Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadr More

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

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 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 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

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-35C Lightning II carrier variant joint strike fighter successfully completes the first carrier launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integ More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Erick Mercado, a KC-130 crew chief assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252, waits for takeoff aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., on March 19, 2015. T More

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

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 Adm. Cynthia Thebaud, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group Two, explains some F-35B safety considerations to a group of distinguished visitors. Distingui More

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

USS Wasp (LHD-1), At Sea - An F-35B Lightning II takes off from the flight deck of USS Wasp (LHD-1) during flight operations May, 22, 2015. Over a two-week period, the Marine Corps will evaluate the full spect More

150522-N-BQ308-001 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 22, 2015) Rainbow sideboys stand by as an MV-22 Osprey with Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, deputy commandant for U.S. Marine Corps aviation, arrives on board the amphibious assault s More

150523-N-LG762-089 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 23, 2015) Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) enjoy “Fish Call” off the well deck. Wasp, with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121) and M More

150526-N-BQ308-146 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 26, 2015) Vice Adm. William Hilrides, commander of Naval Sea Systems Command salutes two rows of rainbow side boys as he boards USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp, with VMFA-121 and More

150529-N-JW440-050 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 29, 2015) An F-35B Lightning II departs the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) as Operational Testing Phase One (OT-1) comes to an end. Wasp, with Marine Fighter A More

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 5, 2015) Lt. Chris “TJ” Karapostoles launches aircraft 73/CF-03 off of the flight deck of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). During DT-II, two F-35C test aircraft performed a variety of ope More

160205-O-ZZ999-907 NAS Patuxent River (February 5, 2016) An Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) F-35A Lightning II aircraft made aviation history as it completed the very first F-35 trans-Atlantic Ocean cr More

Lt. Cmdr. Daniel “Tonto” Kitts, an F-35 Lightning II test pilot assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, landed in the history books Feb. 10, 2016, when he performed the first arr More

An Eglin Air Force Base F-35A Lightning II receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to MacDill AFB approximately 100 miles off the Gulf Coast March 2, 2016, following the 58th Fighter Squadron's first More

Staff Sgt. Yanna Ramaekers (left), Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element medic, applies simulated wounds, or moulage, on 1st Lt. Andrew Lankow, Joint Task Force-Bravo Ports and Plans officer in charge, March 1 More

The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 conducted the first weapons separation test of an AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) from an F-35C Lightning More

U.S. Army Spc. Mariah Ridge, a military working dog handler assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Joint Security Forces, and her MWD, Jaska, walk toward a UH-60L Black Hawk during K9 hoist evacuation training at More

An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, prepares to land at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 19, 2017. VMFA-121 conducted a permanent change of station to MCAS Iwakuni More

Building 2205 is state-of-the-art, three-stories and will accommodate 168 enlisted personnel. The facility was planned to support Red-Flag Alaska – a series of field training exercises in a simulated combat env More

Pacific Air Forces hosts the Pacific F-35 Symposium, March 14 and March 15, 2017, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The symposium brings together the four Pacific members of the F-35 program: Japan, Austr More

L-39 Albatros aircraft attached to the Patriots Jet Team perform aerial acrobatics during the 2017 Twilight Show at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Friday, March 17, 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps photo taken b More

An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMFA-211) demonstrates its capabilities during the 2017 Yuma Airshow at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Saturday, March 18, 2017. (U.S. Mari More

The Gila Ridge High School Marching Band performs during the 2017 Yuma Airshow at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Saturday, March 18, 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by Lance Cpl. Isaac Martinez)

A UH-1Y Venom assigned to the Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) performs a fly-by demonstration during the 2017 Yuma Airshow at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Saturday, March 18, 20 More

Members of Lockheed Martin and Fleet Readiness Center Southeast gather for a photo Aug. 30 at FRCSE to dedicate the achievement of repair capability on the F-35’s electro-optical targeting system. (U.S. Navy ph More

U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Sexton (center), Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element, Preventive Medicine Specialits, teaches a Food Sanitation class at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Jan. 09, 2018. Preventive Medicin More

A british A400 Atlas takes off from Marine Corps Air Station BeaufortJan. 25. The aircraft came to transport F-35 Lightning II parts back to England. This signifies the UK Squadron 617's transition back to the UK.

An Italian F-35B, BL-1, arrived at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, after ferry from Italy, Jan. 31, 2018. This is the first Italian F-35 "B" variant.

Dan Levin, F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force, pilots BF-3 on its 691st flight for a flutter and buffet test mission on Feb. 1 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River with external weapons. This flight, shown wit More

Dan Levin, F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force, pilots BF-2 during one of the last sloped landing pad flight tests Feb. 8 at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina. The test flight was flow More