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    Marine Corps Joint Strike Fighter conducts first aerial refuel [Image 9 of 18]

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    Marine Corps Joint Strike Fighter conducts first aerial refuel

    EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES

    10.02.2012

    Photo by Cpl. Brian Adam Jones 

    II Marine Expeditionary Force   

    An F-35B Joint Strike Fighter conducts the first aerial refueling of its kind with a KC-130J Hercules in the sky above Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 2. Previous aerial refueling operations with the F-35 have been conducted only with test aircraft. “It’s great to start to expand our operational capability in the context of working with the Marine Air-Ground Task Force,” said Lt. Col. David Berke, who commands the F-35B squadron, Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, at Eglin. The KC-130J was from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C.

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    Date Taken: 10.02.2012
    Date Posted: 10.03.2012 17:25
    Photo ID: 675655
    VIRIN: 121002-M-UC900-137
    Resolution: 5616x2958
    Size: 1.45 MB
    Location: EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA, US

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