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Video by Pfc. Rowdy Vanskike
U.S. Marines Train With F-35B Lightning II Fighter Jet
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
March 18, 2022 | 5:27
B-Roll of U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501 performing preflight inspections, ordnance loading and aerial operations at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, March 19, 2022. VMFAT-501 deployed to Mountain Home Air Force Base to train entry-level pilots to be proficient at close air-support and high-explosive ordnance drops to better support their future squadrons. VMFAT-501 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Pvt. Rowdy Vanskike)

This B-Roll package contains the following:

Preflight inspections

Loading of ordnance

Takeoff and Landing

Post-flight inspections
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