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Marine Corps F-35Bs In 2017 Will Deploy Simultaneously To Pacific, Middle East Aboard Ships

Tuesday, August 30th, 2016

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Marine Corps F-35Bs In 2017 Will Deploy Simultaneously To Pacific, Middle East Aboard Ships

The Marine Corps' short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B performs a vertical landing. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

About eight months after the Marine Corps deploys its first squadron of F-35Bs aboard an amphibious warship in the Pacific it will send another squadron aboard a ship bound for the Middle East, according to Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, the service’s chief of combat development and integration.The Marine Corps plans to deploy six F-35Bs aboard LHD-1, the USS Wasp amphibious assault ship in the Pacific. Another six will deploy to U.S. Central Command aboard LHD-2, the USS Essex, a few…

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