Why is the air brake open? The open hatch between the fan doors and the cockpit is an air brake isn’t it?
Extra intake. Speed brake would never open forward.
Here's a cutaway of the Rolls Royce Lift Fan that gives the F-35B its short takeoff-vertical landing (STOVL) capability :
Apologies for the size of this picture, but it shows the fan and intake with the doors open.
The F-35B and F-35C test fleet is shown lined up at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division test facility at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. The four F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing aircraft are in the foreground; the two F-35C carrier variant aircraft can be seen at the back of the line. Photo by Andy Wolfe and Michael D. Jackson
More about it: F-35B Lift Fan Performed Nearly Flawlessly In Operational Test At Sea, Rolls-Royce Says