USMC F-35B #168723 with VMFA-121, based out of MCAS Yuma performs a vertical landing as part of required flying field carrier landing practices (FCLP) at the station’s auxiliary landing field on April 27th, 2015. [DoD photo by Cpl. Travis Gershaneck]
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News: Marines declare first F-35 unit operational [2015-07-31]
The U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft reached initial operational capability July 31, 2015 with a squadron of 10 F-35Bs ready for world-wide deployment.
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F-35 # BF-25
First F-35 with a Center Wing Assembly built at the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta. First flight on March 6th, 2013 at NAS Fort Worth by pilot Paul Hattendorf.
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