US Marines F-35s



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    US Marines F-35B #169167 is destined for VMFA-121 seen on a test flight at NAS Fort Worth on October 29th, 2015. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    US Marines F-35B #169167 is destined for VMFA-121 seen during recovery at NAS Fort Worth on October 29th, 2015. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    USMC F-35B #169168 is destined for VMFA-121 when spotted performing a STOVL approach at NAS Fort Worth on December 4th, 2015. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    USMC F-35B #169167 from VMFA-121 performs a conventional take-off at the Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field during Exercise Steel Knight 2016 aboard the Combat Center on December 11th, 2015. [USMC photo by LCpl. Levi Schultz]
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    USMC F-35B #168717 of VMFA-121 makes a vertical landing at Yuma AB on March 21st, 2013. This marks the first vertical landing of a Marine Corps F-35B outside of a testing environment. [USMC photo by Cpl. Ken Kalemkarian]
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    USMC F-35B #168717 of VMFA-121 approaches to make a vertical landing at Yuma AB on March 21st, 2013. This marks the first vertical landing of a Marine Corps F-35B outside of a testing environment. [USMC photo by Cpl. Ken Kalemkarian]
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    USMC F-35B #168313 landing at Patuxent River on October 4th, 2012. BF-17 will temporarily add to the complement of F-35B and F-35C test aircraft at the F-35 Integrated Test Facility before heading to its ultimate destination at Edwards AFB. [Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe]
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    USMC F-35B #169165 from VMFA-121 taxis down the runway at Red Beach at MCB Camp Pendleton on December 10th, 2015. This is the first time that the F-35 conducted close air support missions in support of exercise Steel Knight. [USMC photo by Cpl. Alissa Schuning]
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    USMC F-35B #168840 from VMFAT-501 is buzzing over NAS Fort Worth on September 12th, 2014. [Photo by KA3B]
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    USMC F-35B #168728 at the MCAS Miramar air show on October 2nd, 2015. [Photo by Roger Smith]
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    USMC F-35B #168730 from VFMA-121 out of MCAS Yuma on August 15th, 2013 retracts its landing gear shortly after takeoff. This F-35B is one of four to simultaneously embark, the first time the F-35B has achieved this milestone, on a training mission over the Arizona desert. [USMC photo by Cpl. William Waterstreet]
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    USMC F-35B #168059 lifts off from the runway during the first short take-off and vertical landing mission at Eglin AFB on October 24th, 2013. The milestone training mission was flown by Major Brendan M. Walsh of VFMAT-501. Walsh qualified in vertical landing operations at MCAS Yuma in preparation for this mission. [USAF photo by Samuel King]
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    USMC F-35B #169166 from VMFA-121 is coming back from a test sortie at Yuma MCAS on January 28th, 2016. [Airfighters.net photo by Eric Tammer]
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    USMC F-35B #169293 destined for VMFA-121 is executing a STOVL takeoff from runway 18 at NAS Fort Worth during a test flight on July 22nd, 2016. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    USMC F-35B #169293 is spotted recovering at NAS Fort Worth on July 22nd, 2016. [Photo by Keith Snyder]