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U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122 conduct an interview about exercise Bamboo Eagle at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, Aug. 9, 2024. Bamboo Eagle is a live-fly exercise designed to create a combat-representative environment to evaluate a wing commander’s ability to generate combat air power while continuing to move, maneuver and sustain the expeditionary airbase (XAB) and subordinate force elements in a dynamic environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Radosti)

U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Yuma hosts the annual Yuma Airshow at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, March 9, 2024. In line with the Commandant’s Force Design 2030 initiative, this year’s airshow showcased the shift, doctrine and cutting edge technologies that will ensure the Marine Corps will be ready to fight the conflict of the future. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jon C. Stone)

F-35s and AV-8s from the 3rd Marine Air Wing (MAW) take off out of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma. The fighter jets took off from MCAS Yuma before starting a training exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Matthew Romonoyske-Bean)

The Marine Corps welcomed its first operational F-35B aircraft, the Marine Corps variant of the F-35 Lightning II also known as the Joint Strike Fighter, to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. Friday Nov. 16. The F-35B, one of three variants of the Joint Strike Fighter, is a tactical fixed-wing aircraft that is to be the replacement for aging jets within the Marine Corps. 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing's first F-35 squadron, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, is based at MCAS Yuma, Ariz, and is the first operational F35 squadron in the Marine Corps and the Department of Defense. Marine F-35B pilot Maj. Aric Liberman delivered the first F35B, BF-19, to MCAS Yuma at 1;05 p.m. MST. This aircraft will be used to conduct a full spectrum of aviation operations in support of combat missions and maritime readiness worldwide.