Featured in VMFA-211BYJames DeboerApr 8, 2022ShareAboard The Marine’s First F-35B-Packed ‘Lightning Carrier’ (Updated)The Marines turned USS Tripoli into a ‘Lightning Carrier’ packed with over 20 F-35Bs. We were there. BYJames DeboerApr 8, 2022ShareBYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022ShareMarines To Test Lightning Carrier Concept With 20 F-35Bs Aboard USS Tripoli This AprilThe Lightning Carrier concept has been in the works for years and will effectively see big deck amphibious assault ships turned into light carriers. BYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022ShareBYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022ShareMarine F-35s Fight F-117 Aggressors, Train For Very Long-Range Combat In Huge West Coast ExerciseWinter Fury ’22 is a major example of the Marines pivoting toward preparing for a peer-state conflict over great distances. BYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021ShareHMS Queen Elizabeth Is First British Carrier To Send Jets Into Combat In Over Two Decades (Updated)British and American fighter jets from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier are now engaged in anti-ISIS operations over the Middle East. BYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021ShareF-35 From The Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth Has Crashed Into The Sea (Updated)The incident in the Mediterranean is the first F-35 loss of any kind during carrier operations. BYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickMay 3, 2021ShareBritish F-35Bs Will Soon Fly Middle East Combat Missions From HMS Queen ElizabethThe British and American stealth fighters are teaming up for the biggest carrier-based F-35 deployment ever. BYThomas NewdickMay 3, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickOct 6, 2020ShareBehold HMS Queen Elizabeth’s First Carrier Strike GroupThe aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth takes center stage as the task force is put through its paces in Exercise Joint Warrior. BYThomas NewdickOct 6, 2020ShareBYThomas NewdickSep 23, 2020ShareBehold A British Carrier Carrying The Most Stealth Fighters Of Any Warship To DateBritish and American F-35Bs have gone aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth for the latest phase of trials. BYThomas NewdickSep 23, 2020ShareBYThomas NewdickSep 11, 2020ShareU.S. Marine Corps F-35Bs Are About To Go Aboard A British Carrier And They Might Be There To StayAn Anglo-American F-35B force will be the centerpiece of the United Kingdom’s biggest carrier air group in 40 years. BYThomas NewdickSep 11, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 23, 2020ShareF/A-18 Hornets Blast By “Tiny Little Grumman” Private Plane With Wing-Rocking SaluteThe moment is a great display of the camaraderie among aviators and their near-universal fascination with all of mankind’s flying machines. BYTyler RogowayMar 23, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 27, 2018ShareMarine F-35Bs Fly First-Ever Strike Missions Against ‘Fixed Targets’ in Afghanistan (Updated)The debut combat missions for American Joint Strike Fighters came after the same jets conducted armed reconnaissance patrols near Somalia. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 27, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 25, 2018ShareMarine F-35Bs Flew Surveillance Missions Near Somalia And Were Ready To Strike If NecessaryNow the jets may be preparing for the first-ever American Joint Strike Fighter strikes in Afghanistan. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 25, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 6, 2018ShareMarine Corps F-35Bs Have Arrived Off the Coast of Africa For The Very First TimeThe jets are there for training, not combat, but the deployment reflects the steady integration of the planes into routine Marine activities. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 6, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJan 12, 2017ShareF-35s Head To Japan As Chinese Bombers and Carrier Make Big MovesChinese long-range military activity has exploded in recent weeks, and there’s likely more to come. BYTyler RogowayJan 12, 2017Share
BYJames DeboerApr 8, 2022ShareAboard The Marine’s First F-35B-Packed ‘Lightning Carrier’ (Updated)The Marines turned USS Tripoli into a ‘Lightning Carrier’ packed with over 20 F-35Bs. We were there. BYJames DeboerApr 8, 2022Share
BYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022ShareMarines To Test Lightning Carrier Concept With 20 F-35Bs Aboard USS Tripoli This AprilThe Lightning Carrier concept has been in the works for years and will effectively see big deck amphibious assault ships turned into light carriers. BYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022Share
BYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022ShareMarine F-35s Fight F-117 Aggressors, Train For Very Long-Range Combat In Huge West Coast ExerciseWinter Fury ’22 is a major example of the Marines pivoting toward preparing for a peer-state conflict over great distances. BYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021ShareHMS Queen Elizabeth Is First British Carrier To Send Jets Into Combat In Over Two Decades (Updated)British and American fighter jets from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier are now engaged in anti-ISIS operations over the Middle East. BYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021ShareF-35 From The Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth Has Crashed Into The Sea (Updated)The incident in the Mediterranean is the first F-35 loss of any kind during carrier operations. BYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickMay 3, 2021ShareBritish F-35Bs Will Soon Fly Middle East Combat Missions From HMS Queen ElizabethThe British and American stealth fighters are teaming up for the biggest carrier-based F-35 deployment ever. BYThomas NewdickMay 3, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickOct 6, 2020ShareBehold HMS Queen Elizabeth’s First Carrier Strike GroupThe aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth takes center stage as the task force is put through its paces in Exercise Joint Warrior. BYThomas NewdickOct 6, 2020Share
BYThomas NewdickSep 23, 2020ShareBehold A British Carrier Carrying The Most Stealth Fighters Of Any Warship To DateBritish and American F-35Bs have gone aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth for the latest phase of trials. BYThomas NewdickSep 23, 2020Share
BYThomas NewdickSep 11, 2020ShareU.S. Marine Corps F-35Bs Are About To Go Aboard A British Carrier And They Might Be There To StayAn Anglo-American F-35B force will be the centerpiece of the United Kingdom’s biggest carrier air group in 40 years. BYThomas NewdickSep 11, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 23, 2020ShareF/A-18 Hornets Blast By “Tiny Little Grumman” Private Plane With Wing-Rocking SaluteThe moment is a great display of the camaraderie among aviators and their near-universal fascination with all of mankind’s flying machines. BYTyler RogowayMar 23, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 27, 2018ShareMarine F-35Bs Fly First-Ever Strike Missions Against ‘Fixed Targets’ in Afghanistan (Updated)The debut combat missions for American Joint Strike Fighters came after the same jets conducted armed reconnaissance patrols near Somalia. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 27, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 25, 2018ShareMarine F-35Bs Flew Surveillance Missions Near Somalia And Were Ready To Strike If NecessaryNow the jets may be preparing for the first-ever American Joint Strike Fighter strikes in Afghanistan. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 25, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 6, 2018ShareMarine Corps F-35Bs Have Arrived Off the Coast of Africa For The Very First TimeThe jets are there for training, not combat, but the deployment reflects the steady integration of the planes into routine Marine activities. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 6, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJan 12, 2017ShareF-35s Head To Japan As Chinese Bombers and Carrier Make Big MovesChinese long-range military activity has exploded in recent weeks, and there’s likely more to come. BYTyler RogowayJan 12, 2017Share
