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16th May 2019

… Kyle Shoop, commander of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211. Path from IOC The USAF gave the official green light for …

21st February 2019

… F-35B in the Persian Gulf Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 F-35Bs have been operating in the Persian Gulf, the …

24th January 2019

… In December 2018, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMFA-211) ‘Wake Island Avengers’ was operating F-35Bs … has been issued to enhance F-35B capabilities. During VMFA-211’s cruise, for the first time, an F-35B made a …

By James DeBoer 3rd January 2019

… drop weapons in anger when Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMFA-211) ‘Avengers’ undertook strikes against fixed targets … unique and revolutionary front-line progression. News of VMFA-211’s strikes came as the Pentagon further delayed the …

1st November 2018

… STRIKE IN AFGHANISTAN F-35B BuNo 169415 operated by VMFA-211 prepares to launch from the deck of the Wasp-class … ‘Wake Island Avengers’ of Marine fighter attack squadron VMFA-211 carried out the first combat strikes by a US variant …

By David Isby 25th October 2018

… F-35B Lightning IIs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMA-211), 13th MEU, are refuelled in preparation for the F-35B’s … 27. The aircraft, from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMFA-211) ‘Wake Island Avengers”, lying from the amphibious …

By Jamie Hunter 1st November 2018

… Elizabeth . Crown Copyright/ PO Arron Hoare A pair of VMFA-211 F-35Bs made the type’s combat debut on September 27 in a … crash was the US Marine Corps’ combat debut of the F-35B. VMFA-211 ‘Wake Island Avengers’ entered the US Central …

18th October 2018

… One of the VMFA-211 F-35Bs involved in the variant’s combat debut, on the … jet is named in honour of Lt Col Christopher Raible, the VMFA-211 commander killed in a Taliban attack on Camp Bastion …

By Curt Jans 1st November 2018

… were represented by Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMFA-211) with the F-35B and the 1st Fighter Wing flying F-22A Raptors. While VMFA-211 brought a large contingent of more than 500 marines …

By Tom Kaminski 15th November 2018

… F-35B was delivered to Marine strike fighter squadron VMFA-121 at MCAS Yuma, Arizona, in November 2012 and the … Knights’ to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, began in January 2017 and VMFA-121 received its full complement of 16 F-35Bsthat … first Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) deployment. VMFA-211 became the second USMC front-line squadron to transition …

4th October 2018

… An F-35B of VMFA-211 aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex … A. J. Van Fredenberg LOCKHEED MARTIN F-35Bs operated by VMFA-211 ‘Wake Island Avengers’ entered the US Central …

2nd August 2018

… Lightning IIs, operated by marine fighter attack squadron VMFA-211 ‘Avengers’, are attached to the reinforced Marine medium …

19th April 2018

… North America Lt Col Price, the commanding officer of VMFA-122, conducts the unit’s first flight operations in … USMC/Sgt Allison Lotz MARINE FIGHTER Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122 ‘Flying Leathernecks’ conducted its first flight … previously on strength with VMFA-121 as ‘VK-14’ and VMFA-211 as ‘CF-01’. Both units subsequently received later block …

By Rick Burgess 26th April 2018

… detachment from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121) ‘Green Knights’ based at Marine Corps Air Station … with a detachment from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMFA-211) based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, …

5th April 2018

… OF F-35Bs operated by Marine fighter attack squadron VMFA-121 ‘Green Knights’ landed aboard the amphibious assault … are attached to Marine medium tilt-rotor squadron VMM-265. VMFA-121 aviators conducted a series of qualification flights … will commence in July when a detachment from VMFA-211 embarks aboard the USS Essex (LHD 2) as part of the 13th …