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Lightning Carriers: The Marines’ secret weapon in the Pacific

As the U.S. military prepares for the possibility of a conflict in the Pacific, the Navy and Marine Corps are working on a new way to project airpower, and they’re calling it the Lightning Carrier.
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F-35B Lightning II Test • Vertical Landing On Sloped Surface

The F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force team tests the U.S. Marine Corps F-35B STOVL capabilities with sloped surface vertical landing at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C. The ...
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F-35B Lightning II • First Deployment On USS Wasp (2018)

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 conduct a series of ...
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The F-35 Lightning II Is Getting Bigger Missiles

In addition to the F-35 Lightning II, the Meteor missile is already approved for fitting on Eurofighter Typhoon, JAS 39 Gripen, and Dassault Rafale fighter jets. A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II ...
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The USS Tripoli, the Navy's newest F-35 'lightning carrier,' is headed to the Indo-Pacific, bolstering US air power near China

It replaces the USS America as the Navy's amphibious assault ship based in Japan. The Tripoli played a central role in the F-35B "lightning carrier" concept. The US Navy is stationing its new ...
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U.S. Marines Practice Large Scale Distributed Aviation Operations During Steel Knight 25

Steel Knight focused on contested maritime operations, with assets operating from far-off Forward Arming and Refueling Points and Air-Delivered Ground ...
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F-35s Take Over Rotational U.S. Marine Corps Deployments to MCAS Iwakuni

VMFA-214’s F-35s have deployed to Japan in place of long-running F/A-18 Hornet detachments, which reinforce the U.S. Marine Corps squadrons permanently based in the region. Marine Fighter Attack ...
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F-35B Flies With Powerful Anti-Ship Weapon Under Its Wing, More to Come

A few days ago we got word of the F-35 Lightning II reaching an important milestone in its life: the combined fleet of over 1,300 planes made so far has managed to shoot past the one million flight ...
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The Marine Corps’ F-35s Are Deterring China in the Indo-Pacific

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242 (VMFA-242), an F-35B Lightning II squadron, is currently participating in joint exercises with partner nations in the Indo-Pacific. Earlier this week, F-35B ...
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UK fighter makes precautionary landing at airport in southern Japan

A British F-35B Lightning II made a precautionary landing in southern Japan this week while en route to a carrier taking part with U.S. and Japanese forces in a multinational exercise, according to ...
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Marines Train to Recover Downed F-35

Marines from MWSS-271 at Cherry Point conducted a three-day F-35B recovery training exercise at Fleet Readiness Center East. The training focused on safe lifting procedures, gear stowage, and ...