USMC will deploy a F-35B squadron to Japan. The first F-35B to be forward based.
“'The unique combination of stealth, cutting-edge radar and sensor technology and electronic warfare systems bring all of the access and lethality capabilities of a fifth-generation fighter, a modern bomber and an adverse-weather, all-threat environment air support platform,' said 3rd MAW in a statement."
Find the full article here:
https://news.usni.org/2017/01/10/fir...n-leaves-japan.
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