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British F-35Bs train with Kfirs

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Airborne Tactical Advantage Company brought its Kfirs to MCAS Beaufort on Nov. 6 for two weeks of training with pilots from VMFAT-501. Interestingly, the F-35Bs sport British roundels.

An F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Nov. 6. The Airborne Tactical Advantage Company is training with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 for the next two weeks to support new and transition pilots in their certification for the F-35B. The pilot is with VMFAT-501, Marine Aircraft Group 31.
An F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Nov. 6. The Airborne Tactical Advantage Company is training with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 for the next two weeks to support new and transition pilots in their certification for the F-35B. The pilot is with VMFAT-501, Marine Aircraft Group 31.

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F-35Bs, F/A-18s based in Japan carried out night refueling exercise

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Together with KC-130J tankers from VMGR-152, F-35B and F/A-18 pilots assigned to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan practiced nighttime aerial refueling exercise Oct. 25-26.

An F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 based out of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, conducts a nighttime aerial refueling training operation with a KC-130J Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152 based out of MCAS Iwakuni Oct. 25, 2017. The training was conducted at night to improve operational readiness and enhance pilot proficiency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mason Roy)
An F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 based out of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, conducts a nighttime aerial refueling training operation with a KC-130J Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152 based out of MCAS Iwakuni Oct. 25, 2017. The training was conducted at night to improve operational readiness and enhance pilot proficiency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mason Roy)

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RAF pilot was about to launch for bombing mission when his AV-8B caught fire

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The accident investigation for a VMA-223 AV-8B that caught fire on board USS Kearsarge last year has been completed.

Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - Sailor assists AV-8B pilot.
By Official Navy Page from United States of America Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Lacordrick Wilson/U.S. Navy (Sailor assists AV-8B pilot.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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