VMFA-211 to Japan

A fabulous photograph in the news caught my attention last week: two F-35Bs in flight over Wake Island. These were two of the VMFA-211 “Wake Island Avengers” deployed to Iwakuni, Japan, from their base at Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona, on May 10, 2025.  The F-35B Lightening II squadron, comprised of state-of-the-art supersonic stealth fighters, joins Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, in Japan to support flight...

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