U.S. Marines Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, 31st Marine ...
The Marine Corps’ F-35B iteration is certainly the most complex mechanically of the three Lightning II models.
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Japan Starts F-35B Training Flights

As deliveries continue, the JASDF has now started training operations with the F-35B Lightning II at Nyutabaru Air Base. The JASDF (Japan Air-Self Defense ...
Falcon Strike 25 is the latest stop of the UK’s eight-month-long deployment across the globe, from the North Atlantic to the Indo-Pacific. Operation Highmast, led by the UK’s HMS Prince of Wales ...
Doing anything for 5,000 hours without a mistake is great, much less flying an F-35. And an entire squadron having zero ...
U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the USS America have cross-decked onto the Royal Navy’s HMS Prince of Wales ahead of Exercise Talisman Sabre. Currently sailing in waters near ...
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U.S. Marine Corps F-35B prepares to launch from HMS Prince of Wales ahead of Ex TALISMAN SABRE on July 8, 2025. UK Royal Navy Photo US Marine Corps F-35Bs landed on, refuelled and launched from HMS ...
It is unlikely that, as many Russian sources brag, the F-35B was a direct rip-off of the Yak-141. However, there are many staggering similarities between the two planes. Most military and aviation ...
F-35 test pilot Marine Maj. Paul Gucwa from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23), Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), flies an F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft to the ...