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F-35B Lightning II: The future of Marine Corps aviation

III Marine Expeditionary Force

Feb. 13, 2017 | 2:15

Brig. Gen. John M. Jansen, the deputy commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks on the importance of having the F-35B Lightning II in the Marine Corps. The F-35B, the world’s first supersonic short-take-off, vertical-landing aircraft, landed in the Pacific Jan. 18, 2017, launching the Marine Corps into a new era of expeditionary aviation. Jansen is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Laura Gauna)

F-35B aerial footage provided by Lockheed Martin Corporation.

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