VMA-211 Receives First F-35Bs

05/16/2016
05/16/2016: Marine Attack Squadron 211 received its first two F-35B Joint Strike Fighters aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Monday, May 9, 2016. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron 211 (VMA-211) conducted their last scheduled flight as an AV-8B Harrier Squadron aboard MCAS Yuma, Ariz., Friday, May 6, 2016.  The squadron…

VMA-211 Last AV-8B Harrier Flight

05/16/2016
05/16/2016: Marines with Marine Attack Squadron 211 (VMA-211) conducted their last scheduled flight as an AV-8B Harrier Squadron aboard MCAS Yuma, Ariz., Friday, May 6, 2016.  The squadron will been redesignated as an F-35B Lightining II Squadron in June of 2016.  Credit: Marine Corps Air Station Yuma:5/6/16      

In Memory of Lt. Col. Chris Raible: CO VMA-211

09/19/2012
09/19/2012: The Taliban killed the CO of VMA-211 in Afghanistan as well as having destroyed 6 Harriers.  The Lt. Col. Was a former MAWTS instructor as well. As Ed Timperlake underscored: The Afghan Attack was the worst day for VMA-211 since Wake Island--  From VMA-211 Squadron History:  "In November 1941,…