Exercise Steel Knight is the first time the F-35B Lightining II is participating in an intergrated live fire exercise with the 1st Marine Division. The Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 provided close air support from units with 1st Marine Division manuevering throughout a realistic training environment to develop skillsets neccesary to maintain a fully capable Marine Air Ground Task Force.

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