F-35B is now operational

The U.S. Marine Corps has declared the F-35B operational on the last day of July. VMFA-121 is the first unit in the world to have achieved Initial Operational Capability with the stealth fighter.

F-35B Lightning of VMFAT-501 takes off from Eglin AFB 2013
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The next squadron to go operational with the F-35B will be VMA-211.

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