F-35Bs Set To Operate On Japanese Ship, USMC Chief Says

The DDH-183 Izumo carrier (foreground) patrols alongside the USS Ronald Reagan in the South China Sea.
Credit: U.S. Navy
The U.S. Marine Corps will fly Lockheed Martin F-35Bs off of a Japanese ship for the first time in October or November, Gen. David Berger, the commandant, said on Sept. 1. “We’re not going on deployment with [them], but we’re actually going to fly U.S. Marine Corps F-35s off of a Japanese ship,”...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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