An F-35B Lightning ll fighter aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced) aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) takes off during twilight flight operations while underway in the Philippine Sea, June 6, 2019. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cameron E. Parks)

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