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Coast Guard Cutter Alert Completes First Patrol After Relocating to East Coast
The next generation of Coast Guard cutters is the Offshore Patrol Cutter, a 360-foot ship designed for sustained offshore ...
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VMFA-251 Reactivated as Marine Corps’ First East Coast-Based F-35C Lightning II Squadron
VMFA-251 received its first F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter delivery on Sept. 17, 2024, marking a key milestone in ...
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Legendary Marine fighter squadron reactivated as Corps’ first with F-35Cs on the East Coast
The first East Coast squadron of the Marine Corps’ F-35C Lightning II stealth fighters has been activated at Marine Corps Air ...
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F-35C Makes its Combat Debut In Latest U.S. Air Strikes On Houthis in Yemen
VMFA-251 is set to stand up as an F-35C unit in 2025 and it has received its first Lightning II jet in September; VMFA-115 will follow by 2027. The F-35C variant is the CATOBAR variant ...