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    JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER F-35B LIGHTNING II

    Joint Strike Fighter F-35B Lightning II

    Joint Strike Fighter F-35B Lightning II    

    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.

    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

    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...
    Flight ops aboard the USS America

    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...

    304 Featured Videos

    WTI 2-26: Distributed STOVL Operations

    WTI 2-26: Distributed STOVL Operations
    04.01.26 | LCpl Alexander Vaughn | MAWTS-1
    U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), participate in a distributed short take-off and vertical...
    F-35 Lightning II flight operations during Atlantic Lightning 26-1

    F-35 Lightning II flight operations...
    01.29.26 | LCpl Gavin Kulczewski | 2MAW
    U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542 and VMFA-251, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct maritime...
    U.S. Marines with VMFA-542 and VMFA-251 conduct marittime strike training

    U.S. Marines with VMFA-542 and VMFA-251...
    01.29.26 | LCpl Octavius Jordan | 2MAW
    U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542 and VMFA-251, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in...
    2nd MAW 2025 (vertical)

    2nd MAW 2025 (vertical)
    12.08.25 | LCpl Gavin Kulczewski | 2MAW
    U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing display lethality and readiness across the globe, sharpened through training at home and abroad at...
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    4,330 Featured Images

    Chase Elliot visits MAG-31

    Chase Elliot visits MAG-31
    04.22.26 | Cpl Mya Seymour | 2MAW
    U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Collin Ball, left, from Oregon, a power line mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 533, Marine Aircraft...
    Chase Elliot visits MAG-31

    Chase Elliot visits MAG-31
    04.22.26 | Cpl Mya Seymour | 2MAW
    U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 31, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing pose for a photo with NASCAR driver Chase Elliott at Marine Corps Air Station...
    Chase Elliot visits MAG-31

    Chase Elliot visits MAG-31
    04.22.26 | Cpl Mya Seymour | 2MAW
    U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 533, Marine Aircraft Group 31, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing perform an ordinance load exercise...
    Chase Elliot visits MAG-31

    Chase Elliot visits MAG-31
    04.22.26 | Cpl Mya Seymour | 2MAW
    NASCAR driver Chase Elliott watches an F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501, Marine Aircraft Group 31, 2nd...
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    134 Featured Stories

    621 CRG conducts joint F-35B sling load operations

    621 CRG conducts joint F-35B sling load...
    09.04.25 | TSgt Anastasia Tompkins | 621CRW
    U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Christian Von Denes, 621st Contingency Response Group sling load team lead, worked with the Naval Air Station Patuxent...
    FRCE adds second F-35 lift system component to repair capabilities

    FRCE adds second F-35 lift system...
    08.18.25 | Heather Wilburn | FRCE
    Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) recently achieved another first in its support of the F-35B Lightning II platform by completing the depot’s...
    Flying Nightmares Bring F-35B Thunder to Fort Worth

    Flying Nightmares Bring F-35B Thunder to...
    03.07.25 | Sandy Owens | NAS-FortWorth
    NAS JRB FORT WORTH, TEXAS—Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 502, the “Flying Nightmares,” is training new and transitioning...
    Carderock team provides critical technical support for F-35B sea trials on JS Kaga

    Carderock team provides critical...
    01.31.25 | Alisha Tyer | NSWCD
    Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Platform Integrity Department engineers responded to a request from the Naval Air Warfare...
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    16 Featured Audio

    Marine Minute: 05-24

    Marine Minute: 05-24
    02.13.24 | 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 | PO1 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 | MSgt 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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    4 Featured Graphics

    Airmen and Marines defuel a C-17 to...
    02.13.26 | Michael Dobbs | 446AW
    Airmen from the 446th Airlift Wing conducted wet wing defueling with Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, delivered over 78,000 gallons...

    Marine Air-Ground Task Force Demonstration
    09.24.25 | Cpl Nikolas Mascroft | 3MAW
    This photo illustration was created using Adobe Photoshop 2021 to showcase the Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration at Marine Corps Air...

    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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