US Marines F-35s



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    Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti flew F-35B production number BF-20 (USN Bureau No: 168718) on its inaugural flight on October 14th, 2012 from NAS Fort Worth. [Lockheed Martin photo by Carl Richards]
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    Lockheed Martin test pilot Billie Flynn flew F-35B production number BF-19 (USN Bureau No: 168717) on its inaugural flight on October 15th, 2012 from NAS Fort Worth. [Lockheed Martin photo by Randy Crites]
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    Lockheed Martin test pilot Billie Flynn flies F-35B, BF-21 (USN Bureau No: 168719) on its inaugural flight on October 24th, 2012 from NAS Fort Worth. The aircraft will be going to MCAS Yuma. [Lockheed Martin photo by Jack Noble]
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    Lt. Col. Fred Schenk lands BF-11 at Eglin AFB after its ferry flight on May 15th, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo by Neal Chapman]
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    F-35B BF-18 stops by at Lockheed's Marietta facility on its ferry flight from Fort Worth to NAS Patuxent River on November 5th, 2012. Chief Test Pilot Alan Norman talks to the local Marietta media as F-35 Operations Director Steve Blake looks on. [Lockheed Martin photo by John Rossino]
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    USNavy test pilot Lt. Chris Tabert ferried F-35B BF-18 to NAS Patuxent River on November 8th, 2012. The aircraft will join the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Pax. [Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe]
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    3rd MAW's first F-35B 168717 piloted by F-35 pilot instructor Maj. A. C. Liberman blasts on November 16th, 2012 at approximately 13:00hrs at the MCAS Yuma flightline. [USMC photo by LCpl. William Waterstreet]
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    The second F-35B, BF-20, arrives at MCAS Yuma's flightline following the re-designation ceremony for VMFA-121 on November 20th, 2012. The Green Knights, formerly an F/A-18 Hornet squadron, is the Marine Corps' first operational F-35 squadron. [USMC photo by Cpl. Aaron Diamant]
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    Lockheed Martin test pilot Al Norman flew F-35B BF-22 (US Navy Bureau Number 168720) on its inaugural flight on December 2nd, 2012 from NAS Fort Worth. [Photo by Carl Richards]
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    Lockheed Martin F-35 chief test pilot Bill Gigliotti flew F-35B BF-23 (USN No: 168721) on its inaugural flight on January 11th, 2013 from NAS Fort Worth. [Photo by Angel DelCueto]
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    First flight of F-35B (BF-25) with Paul Hattendorf at the controls on March 6th, 2013 at NAS Fort Worth. [Lockheed Martin photo by Angel DelCueto]
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    Lockheed Martin F-35 test pilot Alan Norman flew F-35B BF-24 (US Navy Bureau Number 168722) on its inaugural flight on March 7th, 2013 from NAS Fort Worth. [Lockheed Martin photo by Carl Richards]
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    Lockheed Martin F-35 test pilot Paul Hattendorf flew F-35B BF-27 (US Navy Bureau Number 168725) on its inaugural flight on March 19th, 2013 from NAS Fort Worth. [Lockheed Martin photo by Randy Crites]
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    USMC F-35B BF-26 lands at MCAS Yuma on May 22nd, 2013 becoming the 6th aircraft attached to VMFA-121. [Photo by Cpl. William Waterstreet]
  • VMFA-121
    An F-35B Lightning II with VMFA-121 refuels during a fixed-wing aerial refueling training exercise over eastern California on August 27th, 2013. VMGR-352 began refueling exercises with VMFA-121 in early June. [Photo by Lance Cpl. Raquel Barraza]