Lieutenant-General Jon Davis, Deputy Commandant for Aviation, HQ Marine Corps, declared that the Marines' F-35B are combat ready despite various reports criticising the performance of the troubled aircraft.
“We have developed workarounds to get around any deficiencies we have seen out there. Right now, operating capabilities and advantage we get from this airplane far outweigh any deficiencies.”
“We are operating the airplane, training in the airplane, making us ready to deploy to the Pacific.”
The US Marine Corps will be deploying one of their first F-35B unit to Japan in January 2017. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan within a year. VFMA-121 “Green Knights,” was declared Full Operationally Capable in August 2015. It is currently operating from Yuma AZ and is scheduled for rotatio to Marine Corps Air StationIwakuni. An initial deployment of pilots alongside 10 aircraft will be relocated first , with another six scheduled for July 2017.
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“We have developed workarounds to get around any deficiencies we have seen out there. Right now, operating capabilities and advantage we get from this airplane far outweigh any deficiencies.”
“We are operating the airplane, training in the airplane, making us ready to deploy to the Pacific.”
The US Marine Corps will be deploying one of their first F-35B unit to Japan in January 2017. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan within a year. VFMA-121 “Green Knights,” was declared Full Operationally Capable in August 2015. It is currently operating from Yuma AZ and is scheduled for rotatio to Marine Corps Air StationIwakuni. An initial deployment of pilots alongside 10 aircraft will be relocated first , with another six scheduled for July 2017.
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| Full-scale mock up of the F-35 Lightning II at the Singapore Airshow 2016 |
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