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Navy F-35Cs Arrive At First West Coast Squadron

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, January 26th, 2017

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Navy F-35Cs Arrive At First West Coast Squadron

A F-35C on the USS Nimitz during 2014 testing. (Photo: Navy).

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…

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