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Marine Corps Resumes F-35B Flight Ops At Yuma After Logistics Systems Problems

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Marine Corps Resumes F-35B Flight Ops At Yuma After Logistics Systems Problems
A U.S. Marine F-35B Lightning II aircraft during the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121) Redesignation Ceremony at Hangar 80 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, AZ, Nov. 20, 2012. The squadron, activated in 1941, operates the newest Marine Corps aircraft, the F-35B Lightning II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mallory S. VanderSchans/Released)

Flight operations have resumed at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., after problems with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s automated logistics systems forced a grounding a day earlier. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, a squadron with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing equipped with the F-35B, the short-takeoff and vertical-landing (VTOL) variant of the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter, resumed flight operations June 23.Based at Yuma, VMFA-211 -- nicknamed the Green Knights -- is the Marine Corps’ first operational squadron of Lockheed…

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