An F-35B Lightning II touches down on the USS Wasp (LHD-1), marking the F-35B’s first operational deployment with a Marine Expeditionary Unit, March 5, 2018. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 embarked a detachment of F-35Bs on the USS Wasp for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Spring Patrol 2018. As the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, the 31st MEU provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bernadette Wildes)
| Date Taken: | 03.05.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 03.05.2018 04:35 |
| Photo ID: | 4185807 |
| VIRIN: | 180305-M-GT736-033 |
| Resolution: | 4198x2799 |
| Size: | 3.21 MB |
| Location: | EAST CHINA SEA |
| Web Views: | 624 |
| Downloads: | 72 |
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