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MCAS Miramar will soon have a F-35B training squadron

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MCAS Miramar will soon have a squadron of F-35Bs to train pilots on how to fly the STOVL fighter.

A F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 taxis down the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, August 7. Two F-35s from the squadron landed to refuel before heading back to MCAS Yuma to complete their flight.

Photo by Sgt. Isaac Lamberth

The new jets will operate alongside with F/A-18s from VMFAT-101 for one year before the Hornets are phased out.

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