Marines and RAF Bring the F-35B to the UK

07/10/2016

Marines with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One and a Royal Air Force pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 successfully conducted the first ever trans-Atlantic flight of the F-35B Lightning II, June 29, 2016.

The piliots highlight the ground up experience of the two services bringing the aircraft into operations, and the impact on interoperability.

F-35B Transatlantic Flight from SldInfo.com on Vimeo.

RAF FAIRFORD, GLS, UNITED KINGDOM

06.29.2016

Video by Sgt. Eric Keenan

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