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U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), return to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar after a deployment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, on Aug. 9, 2022. The historic deployment marked the first U.S. Marine Corps F-35C squadron deployed aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and further reinforces 3rd MAW’s commitment to providing fixed wing fighter aircraft to deploy with U.S. Navy carrier air wings, deploying regularly across the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Levi Voss)

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 officially retires the F/A-18A++ Hornet while welcoming the first F-35 C on MCAS Miramar, Calif., Jun 21. Members of VMFA-314 remark their sentiment seeing the aircraft depart the squadron indefinitely. VMFA-314 is the first squadron in the Marine Corps to receive the carrier variant of the F-35. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Cpl. Mark A. Lowe II)

Military leaders host a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of an F-35 Lightning II hangar at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., March 16. These were the first two of nine military construction projects supporting the arrival of the F-35 to MCAS Miramar in 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jake M.T. McClung/Released)