USMC Lt. Col. Chad Vaughn, commander of VMFA-211, signals to ground crew after returning from live air-to-air missile testing during Combat Archer on the Tyndall flightline on September 16th, 2016. During Combat Archer VMFA brought four F-35s and 112 Marines to accomplish their mission. [USAF photo by SrA. Solomon Cook]
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News: F-35 Lightning II has first operational air-to-air missile fire [2016-09-21]
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 became the first operational F-35 Lightning II squadron to fire an air-to-air missile September 15, during a 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group Weapons System Evaluation Program at Tyndall AFB.
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