F-35 Pilot Roster

USMC Lt. Col. Patrick Moran becomes the seventy-seventh pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off for his first flight in the Lightning II from Eglin AFB, Florida, on 14 March 2013.

USMC Capt. Jack Cronan becomes the seventy-sixth pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off for his first flight in the Lightning II from Eglin AFB, Florida, on 12 March 2013.

USAF Maj. Greg Frana becomes the seventy-fifth pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off for his first flight in the Lightning II from Eglin AFB, Florida, on 7 March 2013.

USAF Lt. Col. Anthony Pelkington becomes the seventy-fourth pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off for his first flight in the Lightning II from Eglin AFB, Florida, on 6 March 2013.

USAF Lt. Col. Ben Bishop becomes the seventy-third pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off for his first flight in the Lightning II from Eglin AFB, Florida, on 6 March 2013.

USAF Capt. Brad Matherne becomes the seventy-second pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off for his first flight in the Lightning II from Eglin AFB, Florida, on 6 March 2013.

USAF Maj. Colby Edwards becomes the seventy-first pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off for his first flight in the Lightning II from Eglin AFB, Florida, on 5 March 2013.

USAF Lt. Col William Betts becomes the seventieth pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off for his first flight in the Lightning II from Eglin AFB, Florida, on 5 March 2013.

USMC Capt. Nathan Corkill becomes the sixty-ninth pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off for his first flight in the Lightning II from Eglin AFB, Florida, on 21 February 2013.

USAF Maj. Matt Bell becomes the sixty-eighth pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off for his first flight in the Lightning II from Eglin AFB, Florida, on 19 December 2012.

USMC Capt. Daniel Flatley becomes the sixty-seventh pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off from Eglin AFB, Florida, on 18 December 2012.

USAF Lt. Col. Steve Tittel becomes the sixty-sixth pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off for his first flight in the Lightning II from Eglin AFB, Florida, on 12 December 2012.