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An F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter from the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., sits on the runway waiting for take off clearence for a local training mission over the Emerald Coast Sept. 18, 2012 while an Air Force F-15 Eagles prepares to land. - An F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter from the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., sits on the runway waiting for take off clearence for a local training mission over the Emerald Coast Sept. 18, 2012 while an Air Force F-15 Eagles prepares to land.

F-35B test aircraft BF-3, flown by Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Levin, completed the first aerial weapons release Aug. 8, for any variant of the aircraft. BF-3 dropped an inert 1,000-pound GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munition over an Atlantic test range from an internal weapons bay. The F-35B is the variant of the Joint Strike Fighter designed for use by U.S. Marine Corps. - F-35B test aircraft BF-3, flown by Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Levin, completed the first aerial weapons release Aug. 8, for any variant of the aircraft. BF-3 dropped an inert 1,000-pound GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munition over an Atlantic test range from an internal weapons bay. The F-35B is the variant of the Joint Strike Fighter designed for use by U.S. Marine Corps.