F-35B JSF weapon drop

Time lapse images show an inert, instrumented GBU-32 GPS-guided bomb falling from F-35B test aircraft BF-3 into a test pit March 13. The F-35 integrated test team at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Md., is executing the weapons testing schedule for the Joint Strike Fighter this year, leading up to in-flight separation testing. The F-35B variant of the Joint Strike Fighter for the U.S. Marine Corps is capable of short take-offs and vertical landings for use on amphibious ships or expeditionary airfields to provide air power to the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The F-35B is undergoing test and evaluation at NAS Patuxent River prior to delivery to the fleet. (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin)