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Prepping for the fight:
Joint Strike Fighter lands closer to Corps’ air arsenal

The BF-1, the test version of the F-35B Lightning II, lands at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., Nov. 15. The landing places the F-35, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter, a step closer to the Marine Corps’ aviation arsenal. The Marine Corps is set to receive the F-35B short take-off vertical landing variant of the aircraft.

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Story by Capt Craig Thomas The Marine Corps came one step closer to adding the Joint Strike Fighter F-35B short take-off vertical landing variant to its arsenal, Nov.15. The test plane, BF-1, flew from Fort Worth, Texas, to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., where it will undergo additional integrated developmental testing as directed by joint strike fighter program executive officer, Maj. Gen. David Heinz.


 

 

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