Marine Corps' first operational F-35B takes to Yuma skies
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An AV-8B Harrier from Marine Attack Squadron 311 awaits its turn to take off as a KC-130 Hercules lands at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Feb. 21, 2013.
Loaned photo by Cpl. Bill Waterstreet/MCAS Yuma
Marine Corps' first operational F-35B takes to Yuma skies.
Blue skies on Thursday welcomed the Marine Corps' first operational F-35B Lightning II flight at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma.BF-20, flown by Maj. Aric Liberman, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 maintenance officer and native of Washington, D.C., conducted the squadron's first orie.
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