U.S. Marine Corps Maj. John P. Stuart, top, an F-35B instructor pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501, and Sgt. John Carelli Jr., an F-35 aircraft mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542, perform preflight checks on an F-35B Lightning II jet at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, April 20, 2023. VMFAT-501, based out of MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, and VMFA-542 conducted operations at MCAS Cherry Point to prepare for 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing's (MAW) transition from AV-8B Harrier II squadrons to F-35 squadrons. VMFA-542 and VMFAT-501 are subordinate units of 2nd MAW, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Theodore Bergan)
Date Taken: | 04.20.2023 |
Date Posted: | 04.26.2023 11:55 |
Photo ID: | 7757861 |
VIRIN: | 230420-M-NM793-117 |
Resolution: | 4480x6720 |
Size: | 17.8 MB |
Location: | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
Hometown: | MARSHALL, CALIFORNIA, US |
Hometown: | REDDING, CALIFORNIA, US |
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