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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...

    301 Featured Videos

    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...
    America’s Air Show 2025 B-Roll Day 1: F-35B Lighting II Demo

    America’s Air Show 2025 B-Roll Day 1:...
    09.26.25 | LCpl Isabella Thompson | MCASM
    A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 502, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine...
    166th Air Refueling Squadron Refuel Marine F-35s

    166th Air Refueling Squadron Refuel...
    07.18.25 | TSgt James Thomas | AMCPA
    Airmen from the 166th Air Refueling Squadron, Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio, refuel a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft,...
    America's Air Show 2025 Announcement

    America's Air Show 2025 Announcement
    07.14.25 | LCpl Alexander Vaughn | MCASM
    U.S. Marine Corps Col. R. Erik Herrmann, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, gives an announcement for the upcoming...
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    4,216 Featured Images

    Steel Knight 25: Raiders, Black Sheep conduct ADGR

    Steel Knight 25: Raiders, Black Sheep...
    12.13.25 | Cpl Nikolas Mascroft | 3MAW
    U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Christian Coleman, a loadmaster with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport (VMGR) 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd...
    11th MEU F-35Bs Launch from the USS Boxer

    11th MEU F-35Bs Launch from the USS Boxer
    12.12.25 | LCpl Nicole Stuart | 11MEU
    A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, launches from the flight...
    11th MEU F-35Bs Launch from the USS Boxer

    11th MEU F-35Bs Launch from the USS Boxer
    12.12.25 | LCpl Nicole Stuart | 11MEU
    U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare for flight operations...
    11th MEU F-35Bs Launch from the USS Boxer

    11th MEU F-35Bs Launch from the USS Boxer
    12.12.25 | LCpl Nicole Stuart | 11MEU
    A U.S. Marine with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts preflight checks on an F-35B Lighting II...
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    135 Featured Stories

    First F-35 B ever built makes its way to MCAS Beaufort

    First F-35 B ever built makes its way to...
    09.04.25 | Cpl Isabella Renaud | MCASB
    Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort welcomed a piece of aviation history. The F-35B Lightning II, known as BF-01 is the first F-35B variant ever...
    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...
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    16 Featured Audio

    Marine Minute: 05-24

    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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    3 Featured Graphics

    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...