F-35 Pilot Roster

Lockheed Martin test pilot Paul Hattendorf became the forty-first pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off from NAS Fort Worth JRB, in F-35B BF-5 on 20 June 2012.

USN Lt. Cdr. Michael Burks becomes the fortieth pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off from NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, in F-35B BF-2 on 9 June 2012.

Lockheed Martin test pilot Billie Flynn becomes the thirty-ninth pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off from NAS Fort Worth JRB in F-35B BF-5 on 8 June 2012.

USAF test pilot Maj. Brent Reinhardt became the thirty-eighth pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off from Edwards AFB, California, in F-35A AF-6 on 1 June 2012.

USAF Lt. Col. Lee Kloos becomes the thirty-seventh pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off from Eglin AFB, Florida, on 8 May 2012. Kloos is the first non-test pilot to fly the F-35 and the first pilot to complete his first flight at Eglin AFB.

USAF Maj. Matt Phillips becomes the thirty-sixth pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off from Edwards AFB, California, for a test mission in F-35A AF-3 on 3 May 2012.

USMC Col. Art Tomassetti becomes the thirty-fifth pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off from NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, for a 1.2-hour test mission in F-35B BF-4 on 3 April 2012.

USAF test pilot Lt. Col. George Schwartz becomes the thirty-fourth pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off from Edwards AFB, California, in F-35A AF-2 for a 1.2-hour test mission on 13 March 2012.

RAF Sqdn. Ldr. Jim Schofield becomes the thirty-third pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off from NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, for a test mission in F-35B BF-2 on 1 February 2012.

Lockheed Martin test pilot Elliott Clemence becomes the thirty-second pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off from Edwards AFB, California, in F-35A AF-6 for a 1.4-hour test mission on 9 January 2012.

USMC Maj. C.R. Clift became the thirty-first pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off from NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, in F-35B BF-4 for a 1.2-hour test mission on 2 November 2011. Clift is the sixth USMC pilot to fly the F-35.

Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Levin became the thirtieth pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off from Edwards AFB, California, in F-35A AF-7 for a 1.4-hour test mission on 18 October 2011. Levin is slated to support F-35 flight testing at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland.