Hot Loading is part of rapid sortie generation rate by a distributed STOVL force.
Video:F-35B Operating from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni (2)
Video:VMGR-252 Refuelling Harriers and F-35s
Video:F-35B Operating from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni
An F-35B involved in a Tactical Intercept/Air Combat Maneuvering exercise during WTI.
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron VMFA 211 is the second Marine Corps Squadron to participate in Red Flag.
UMSC and Red Flag 17-3.
The combat systems onboard the F-35 have visited Northern Edge earlier; now the aircraft itself arrives from its Japanese operational base.