Check out the action aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) as the Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF) conducts F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) flight test operations along the Pacific Ocean. (Video Courtesy of Lockheed Martin) | All Hands Magazine

The F-35 program has accomplished the final developmental test flight of the System Design and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the program. The developmental flight test program has conducted more than 9,200 sorties, accumulated over 17,000 flight hours (Video: Lockheed Martin) | Military.com