F-35B’s first at sea deployment will be from Japan, aboard USS Bonhomme Richard

After arriving at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan in January next year, VMFA-121 will prepare for the F-35B’s first at sea deployment in 2018 aboard Sasebo-based USS Bonhomme Richard.

F-35B after vertical landing
By U.S. Navy Photo By Mass Communication Specialist First Class Tommy Lamkin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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B-2s, B-52s flew non-stop to North & Baltic Seas; NATO fighters practice intercepts with B-52

One B-52 from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, two B-52s from the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, and two B-2 from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB flew non-stop to North and Baltic Seas, around the North Pole and over Alaska, and over the Pacific Ocean to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on Aug. 1.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton

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