Lightning II arrives at Iwakuni

MARINE FIGHTER Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 ‘Green Knights’ became the first Lightning II unit to be permanently based outside the US when the first four of its F-35Bs arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The aircraft left MCAS Yuma, Arizona, on January 9, crossing the Pacific with support from four US Air Force KC-10A Extenders from Travis AFB, California, and Joint Base McGuire- Dix-Lakehurst,