U.S. Marines load air intercept missile ordnance and launch F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, during flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), in the Philippine Sea, June 3, 2025.
Marine F-35Bs bring a 5th generation multi-discipline strike capability to support combined-joint all domain operations in key maritime terrain.
The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations which is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward deployed numbered fleet
PHILIPPINE SEA
06.02.2025
Video by Cpl. Alora Finigan
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.