Joint Strike Fighter F-35B Lightning II (2024)

JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER F-35B LIGHTNING II

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Joint Strike Fighter F-35B Lightning II

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The Marine Corps' fifth generation fighter, the F-35B Lightning II, made its first flight at Eglin Air Force Base recently signaling the start of the next era of Marine Aviation. This page houses content created by the Department of Defense about the F-35B since October 2008. <br /><br />Additional Marine Corps Aviation Centennial products can be found <a href="http://www.dvidshub.net/feature/AviationCentennial#.T7vtHetYuGc">here</a>.

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F-35B Take-off From the USS America

07.06.23 | LCpl Bridgette Rodriguez | 31MEU

A U.S. Navy Sailor with the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6), signals a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor...

USS America (LHA 6) conducts night flight...

06.26.21 | PO1 Vincent Zline | USSA

EAST CHINA SEA (June 26, 2021) An F-35B Lighting II fighter aircraft from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) lands on the flight deck of...

Flight ops aboard the USS America

01.30.21 | LCpl Joseph DeMarcus | 31MEU

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Archangels of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 prepares to take off from amphibious assault ship...

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Green Knights have landed! VMFA-121...

05.19.24 | LCpl Brian Long | 1MAW

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing...

B-roll: U.S.-AUS Aerial Refueling Across...

05.19.24 | Cpl Nicholas Johnson | 3MAW

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing...

WTI 2-24: Aviation Delivered Ground...

04.12.24 | LCpl Maurion Moore | MAWTS-1

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, conduct aviation delivered ground refueling operations during Antiair...

Vikings arrived in Japan!

04.02.24 | Cpl Chloe Johnson | 1MAW

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 225 arrive at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni,...

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VMFA-214 Black Sheep return to Australia...

06.16.24 | Cpl Nicholas Johnson | I-MEF

U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, welcome pilots upon returning to...

VMFA-214 Black Sheep return to Australia...

06.16.24 | Cpl Nicholas Johnson | I-MEF

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Thomas Yeaman, the squadron sergeant major of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd...

VMFA-214 Black Sheep return to Australia...

06.16.24 | Cpl Nicholas Johnson | I-MEF

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Robert Guyette, the commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd...

VMFA-214 Black Sheep return to Australia...

06.16.24 | Cpl Nicholas Johnson | I-MEF

U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, stage F-35B Lightning II aircraft...

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130 Featured Stories

USAF F-15s and USMC F-35s collaborate for...

06.14.24 | Maj. Jason Sanchez | 144FW

California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing and its 194th Fighter Squadron teamed up with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 out of Yuma,...

F35B Fighter Jet crashes near Albuquerque...

06.11.24 | Britianie Teston and Allen Winston | 377ABW

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- An F-35B aircraft was involved in a crash southwest of the Kirtland, at 1:48 p.m., May 28, 2024. The U.S....

U.S.- Australian Interoperability Across...

05.24.24 | 1LT Madison Walls | 3MAW

PACIFIC OCEAN-- As a testament to the ironclad alliance and ever-increasing interoperability between the U.S. and Australia, a Royal Australian...

MAG-13 suppresses enemy air defenses...

12.21.23 | 2LT Madison Walls | 3MAW

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. -- F-35B Lightning II squadrons of Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, participated in a...

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Marine Minute: 05-24

02.13.24 | Sgt Madison Santamaria | DMA-M

WELCOME, I'M STAFF SERGEANT LAIQA HITT WITH YOUR MARINE MINUTE.  THE U.S. MARINE CORPS INTRODUCES IT’S FIRST OPERATIONAL F-35B...

Pacific Pulse: October 8, 2021

10.07.21 | PO2 Belen Saldana | MC-J

Soldiers compete in a battalion-level "Best Warrior Competition" while Carrier Strike Group 1 units conduct bilateral operations with the Japan...

Pacific Pulse: 26 August, 2020

08.25.20 | Cpl Maxwell Gargas | MC-J

On this Pacific Pulse, missiles fly at Rim of the Pacific, and Marine Corps F35-B's conduct operations over Japan.

Pacific Pulse: 27 January 2020

01.24.20 | TSgt Dhruv Gopinath | MC-J

On this Pacific Pulse, Marine aviators complete F-35 carrier qualifications aboard USS America, Marines and their Japan Ground Self-Defense Force...

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Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Facebook...

01.13.23 | Cpl Calah Thompson | MCAS-I

This digital art was hand drawn and created using Adobe Photoshop 2022 to portray Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and its tenant aircraft, to be...

Naval Integration

12.20.22 | Cpl Maximilian Campbell | MarForPac

This digital animation was created on Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, July 21, 2022 to visually depict the concept of Naval Integration, as part of a...

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