USMC Wants ‘Velociraptor’ F-35B Fleet Sooner

Credit: U.S. Navy
The Lockheed Martin F-35 might well be branded the Lightning II, but it is gaining a reputation within the U.S. Marine Corps as a Velociraptor because “it kills everything.” That is according to the Marines’ Deputy Commandant for Aviation, Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, who sung the now-operational aircraft’s...
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