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An F-35C Lightning II carrier variant joint strike
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A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor with the 154th Wing Hawaii
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The new Department of Defense aircraft, the F-35 Lightning
The new Department of Defense aircraft, the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter, taxis across the 33rd Fighter Wing flightline at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., July 14.
A maintainer from the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron,
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel meets a 33rd Fighter
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A 33rd Fighter Wing F-35A Lightning II sits on the
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A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II with Marine
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Sgt Anthony Delgado and Cpl Charlton Hale with Marine
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Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501),
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F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter crew chief,
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The Honorable Ambassador Robert W. Johnson IV, Ambassador
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Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hedelund, Commanding General of
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F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters assigned to
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Brig. Gen. Patrick Doherty, 19th Air Force commander,
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Airman 1st Class John Patterson, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance
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A 96th Test Wing fuels management technician hauls
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LEMOORE, Calif. (Jan. 25, 2017) Rear Adm. Roy Kelley,
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Two U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with
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161029-N-AC237-0053 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 29, 2016) An
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Capt Christopher Streicher with Marine Fighter Attack
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An F-35B Lightning II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack
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Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 load
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An F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter assigned
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161103-N-VR008-0424 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 3, 2016) Marines
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The Marine Corps' F-35 variant makes a vertical landing
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Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 prepare
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An F-35 Lightning II rolls down the 33rd Fighter Wing
An F-35 Lightning II rolls down the 33rd Fighter Wing flightline toward the runway for another sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II with Marine
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Trimarco,
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A United Kingdom F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter
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A 33rd Fighter Wing F-35A Lightning II takes off Feb.
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U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Michael Rountree, commanding
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An F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter flown by
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Capt Christopher Streicher \with Marine Fighter Attack
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Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 prepare
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MSgt Aaron Martin with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
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Capt Michael Delaisse with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
Capt Michael Delaisse with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 completes pre-flight checks in an F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aboard Her Majesty's Ship (HMS) Queen Elizabeth at sea on 27 Septem... More
Capt Andrew Sanchez with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
Capt Andrew Sanchez with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 conducts pre-flight checks on an F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aboard Her Majesty's Ship (HMS) Queen Elizabeth at sea on 28 September... More
Capt Andrew Sanchez with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
Capt Andrew Sanchez with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 conducts pre-flight checks on an F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aboard Her Majesty's Ship (HMS) Queen Elizabeth at sea on 28 September... More
Capt Christopher Streicher with Marine Fighter Attack
Capt Christopher Streicher with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 completes pre-flight checks in an F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aboard Her Majesty's Ship (HMS) Queen Elizabeth at sea on 28 S... More
170125-N-VS214-005 LEMOORE, Calif. (Jan. 25, 2016)
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Brian Easterling, a 96th Test Wing firefighter, climbs
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Two F-35C Lightning II carrier variant joint strike
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Pacific Air Forces hosts the Pacific F-35 Symposium,
Pacific Air Forces hosts the Pacific F-35 Symposium, March 14 and March 15, 2017, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The symposium brings together the four Pacific members of the F-35 program: Japan, Austr... More
161028-N-AC237-0347 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 28, 2016) An
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Zachary Weeks, 33d Aircraft
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Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA)
Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 prepare an F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter to conduct training flights aboard Her Majesty's Ship (HMS) Queen Elizabeth at sea on 27 September, 2020... More
All three U.S. service variants of the F-35 Lightning
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160205-O-ZZ999-923 NAS Patuxent River (February 5,
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Kenji Yamasaki, Director of Yamaguchi Prefecture Iwakuni
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Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA)
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Gen. Edward Rice, the Air Education and Training Command
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The 33rd Maintenance Group weapons standardization
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Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 prepare
Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 prepare equipment on the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth off the coast of the United Kingdom on 23 September, 2020. The Marines of the “Wake Island Avengers” a... More
U.S. Air Force Col. Geoffrey Lohmiller (left), greets
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Tech. Sgt. Brian West, the crew chief for DOD's newest
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190228-N-SS390-0057 LEMOORE, Calif. (February 28, 2019)
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Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501),
Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501), the Marine Corps' only F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter training squadron, completed their first F-35B Lightning II takeoff supported entirely by ... More
160205-O-ZZ999-941 NAS Patuxent River (February 5,
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An airman snaps a picture with his phone of the F-35
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Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 move
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Col Simon Doran completes pre-flight checks in an F-35B
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Marine Col. Simon Doran, Senior National Representative
Marine Col. Simon Doran, Senior National Representative to the United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group, launches An F-35B Lightning II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 off the deck of HMS Queen... More
Capt Michael Delaisse with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
Capt Michael Delaisse with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 completes pre-flight checks in an F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aboard Her Majesty's Ship (HMS) Queen Elizabeth at sea on 27 Septem... More
Capt Michael Delaisse with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
Capt Michael Delaisse with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 completes pre-flight checks in an F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aboard Her Majesty's Ship (HMS) Queen Elizabeth at sea on 27 Septem... More
An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, lands at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 18, 2017. VMFA-121 conducted a permanent change of station to MCAS Iwakuni, from MCAS... More
Courtesy photo provided by Lockheed Martin Corp., taken
Courtesy photo provided by Lockheed Martin Corp., taken by Fred Clingerman in April 2012 at the Lockheed Martin Factory in Ft. Worth, Tx.
An F-35B Lightning II performs an aerial maneuver
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161028-N-AC237-0301 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 28, 2016) An
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An F-35B with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, "The
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