
A squadron at Naval Air Station Lemoore in California has become the first on the West Coast to receive the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35C Lightning II, the carrier variant of the multi-role fighter.Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 welcomed its initial four F-35Cs during a Jan. 25 ceremony. VFA-125, which will train naval aviators on the F-35C, will ultimately receive 30 aircraft.The newly arrived jets “represent the incredible new fifth-generation capability for our future air wings,” said Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker, the…