U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Mitchell Watkins, left, from Minnesota, Capt. David Frew, center, from Indiana, and 1st Lt. Ryan McCarthy, right, from Ohio, all pilots with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252, conduct mission planning at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Oct. 9, 2024. VMGR-252 is a subordinate unit of Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mya Seymour)
U.S. Marines with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA (AW)) 224 prepare an F/A-18C Hornet for flight that is piloted by Maj. Gen. William Swan, the commanding general of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, Oct. 1, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Rowdy Vanskike)
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 251, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), received its first F-35C Lightning II jet today aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina.
VMFA-251 is the Marine Corps’ first East Coast operational F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter squadron. The arrival of the aircraft marks the beginning of F-35C deliveries to MCAS Cherry Point, continuing 2nd MAW’s operational transition from legacy fixed-wing tactical aircraft to the F-35.
The F-35 is a fifth-generation fighter jet with advanced stealth, agility and maneuverability, sensor and information fusion, and provides the pilot with...
09.17.2024 | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
Story by 2nd Lt. John Graham
