Rough Raiders’ F-35Cs at Lemoore

A VMFA-121 F-35B lands at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, during the squadron’s permanent change of station from MCAS Yuma, Arizona. USMC/LCpl Joseph Abrego STRIKE FIGHTER Squadron (VFA) 125 ‘Rough Raiders’ has received its initial four F-35Cs, the first US Navy Lightning IIs to be deployed with a squadron on the west coast. They arrived at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, on January 25. Commander John Turner, VFA-125’s CO, said: “It was my first squadron as a student at NAS Lemoore in