F-35B til MCAS Yuma

The Next Century For Marine Aviation: The F-35B Comes To Yuma

By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake

Published: November 19, 2012

 

YUMA: The first F-35 Bravos are arriving at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma later this month. By early next year, the full complement of 16 F-35 Bs will have arrived to replace Yuma's four existing squadrons consisting of 56 AV-8B Harriers. This is the beginning of the next 100 years of naval aviation for the Marines. [Our picture shows an F-35B at Elgin Air Force Base, due a paucity of good pictures showing the plane at Yuma. The Editor]