VFA-97 will be the first F-35C fighter squadron

The U.S. Navy has decided to let VFA-97 be the first operational fighter squadron to transition to the F-35C.

By Looper5920 at en.wikipedia; 25 June 2006 (original upload date) [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons

The conversion will take place in 2018 after VFA-101 stands up at NAS Lemoore in 2017.

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