U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, conduct training flights at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 2, 2017. VMFA-121 is permanently stationed at MCAS Iwakuni and belongs to Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The F-35B Lightning II is a fifth-generation fighter, which is the world’s first operational supersonic short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft. The F-35B brings strategic agility, operational flexibility and tactical supremacy to III MEF with a mission radius greater than that of the F/A-18 Hornet and AV-8B Harrier II in support of the U.S. – Japan alliance. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Donato Maffin and Cpl. Waiyan Tin)
Date Taken: | 02.02.2017 |
Date Posted: | 02.07.2017 19:46 |
Category: | B-Roll |
Video ID: | 508733 |
VIRIN: | 170202-M-IK654-0001 |
Filename: | DOD_104057834 |
Length: | 00:09:06 |
Location: | MCAS IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JP |
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