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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. <br /> <br /> Additional Marine Corps Aviation Centennial products can be found &lt;a href="http://www.dvidshub.net/feature/AviationCentennial#.T7vtHetYuGc"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.

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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...

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    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...
    Friendship Day 2025 B-Roll: CVW-5 flyover, F-35B demo, Whiskey Papa demo

    Friendship Day 2025 B-Roll: CVW-5...
    05.04.25 | LCpl Eliza Fremont | AFN-IJ
    U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force aircraft in the Indo-Pacific region, along with the stunt plane Whiskey Papa,...
    Joint Strike Fighter and KC-130J at Marine Corps Outlying Landing Field Camp Davis South

    Joint Strike Fighter and KC-130J at...
    04.10.25 | LCpl Hunter Brock | MCIEAST
    U.S. Marines conduct a forward arming and refueling point exercise at Camp Davis South on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April...
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    4,120 Featured Images

    BF-1 Returns to MCAS Beaufort

    BF-1 Returns to MCAS Beaufort
    08.27.25 | LCpl Isabella Renaud | MCASB
    A U.S. Marine Corps heavy-lift Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion helicopter with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd...
    BF-1 Returns to MCAS Beaufort

    BF-1 Returns to MCAS Beaufort
    08.27.25 | LCpl Isabella Renaud | MCASB
    A U.S. Marine Corps heavy-lift Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion helicopter with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd...
    BF-1 Returns to MCAS Beaufort

    BF-1 Returns to MCAS Beaufort
    08.27.25 | LCpl Isabella Renaud | MCASB
    U.S. Marines with Marine Corp Air Station Beaufort prepare the F-35B Lightning II aircraft known as BF-1 to be towed to its static display...
    BF-1 Returns to MCAS Beaufort

    BF-1 Returns to MCAS Beaufort
    08.27.25 | LCpl Isabella Renaud | MCASB
    U.S. Marines with Marine Corp Air Station Beaufort prepare the F-35B Lightning II aircraft known as BF-1 to be towed to its static display...
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    133 Featured Stories

    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...
    Success is blue-green | VMFA-211 facilitates USS Tripoli Aviation Certification

    Success is blue-green | VMFA-211...
    10.08.24 | MAJ Stephanie Davis and 1LT Madison Walls | 3MAW
    Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 deployed with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the Essex Amphibious Ready Group in 2018, marking the...
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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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    2 Featured Graphics

    Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Facebook Banner

    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

    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...