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    Ride the Lightning: VMFAT-501's F-35B Lightning II jets operate out of MCAS Cherry Point [Image 4 of 7]

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    Ride the Lightning: VMFAT-501's F-35B Lightning II jets operate out of MCAS Cherry Point

    MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    04.20.2023

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Theodore Bergan 

    2nd Marine Aircraft Wing   

    U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John Carelli Jr., left, an F-35 aircraft mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542, and Maj. John P. Stuart, an F-35B instructor pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501, 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)

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    Date Taken: 04.20.2023
    Date Posted: 04.26.2023 11:48
    Photo ID: 7757862
    VIRIN: 230420-M-NM793-110
    Resolution: 6720x4480
    Size: 16.7 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, US
    Hometown: MARSHALL, CALIFORNIA, US
    Hometown: REDDING, CALIFORNIA, US

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