F-35Bs from VMFA-121 are participating in their first Red Flag

VMFA-121 brought its F-35Bs to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada to participate in Red Flag 16-3. This is the first time combat-coded F-35Bs are engaged in the realistic combat training exercise, which runs from Jul. 11-29.

F-35B Lightning II if VMFA-121 in flight over southern California in March 2015
By U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Lillian Stephens [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons