This video slideshow features pictures of the F35 STOVL, the new joint stike fighter coming to MCAS Yuma. It was part of a presentation at the Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation luncheon Tuesday.
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Lt. Col. Dwight De Jong gives an overview of the progress and changes taking place at MCAS Yuma in preparation for the arrival of the first F-35B Joint Strike Fighter jets at Tuesday's Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation luncheon.
Esta exhibición de fotografías de video incluye fotos del nuevo avión de combate F35 STOVL, el cual se asignará a la Estación Aerea del Cuerpo de la Infantería de Marina de Yuma (MCAS Yuma). Video cortesia de GYDEC
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma welcomed its first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and will hold a re-designation ceremony Tuesday for VMFA-121, which will become the first operational F-35 squadron in the country.
Lt. Col. Dwight De Jong, overseer of the massive effort to ready the MCAS Yuma for the arrival of the F-35 and supporting personnel, discusses the 'safety' of the joint strike fighter program in the current political and economic climate.
