A Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, taxis to the runway armed with a Royal Australian Air Force GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb at RAAF Base Tindal, Northern Territory, Australia, June 26, 2024. Marines with VMFA-214 and RAAF aviators with No. 75 Squadron loaded RAAF ordnance onto USMC F-35Bs during bilateral training, exhibiting interchangeability between RAAF and Marine aviation. VMFA-214 deployed more than 200 Marines and eight F-35B Lightning II aircraft from Marine
A Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, taxis to the runway armed with a Royal Australian Air Force GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb at RAAF Base Tindal, Northern Territory, Australia, June 26, 2024. Marines with VMFA-214 and RAAF aviators with No. 75 Squadron loaded RAAF ordnance onto USMC F-35Bs during bilateral training, exhibiting interchangeability between RAAF and Marine aviation. VMFA-214 deployed more than 200 Marines and eight F-35B Lightning II aircraft from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, to RAAF Base Tindal, Australia, to conduct bilateral training with the RAAF No. 3 Squadron and No. 75 Squadron. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson)
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Keywords: -35b, ., 75, gb-12, interchangeability, ordnance, squadron, vmfa-214
