An F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 conducts short takeoff operations during Exercise Active Shield at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 28, 2021. The ‘B’ variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is specifically designed to conduct short takeoffs and vertical landings aboard amphibious ships and expeditionary landing zones. Exercise Active Shield, conducted annually, better prepares the station to quickly and safely carry out incident response procedures during base defense operations (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryant Rodriguez)
| Date Taken: | 10.28.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 10.29.2021 07:43 |
| Photo ID: | 6914643 |
| VIRIN: | 211028-M-ST088-1202 |
| Resolution: | 4517x2541 |
| Size: | 3.74 MB |
| Location: | IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JP |
| Web Views: | 44 |
| Downloads: | 26 |
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