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A slow-motion video featuring an F-35B Lightning II fighter launching from the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), Philippine Sea, Jan. 28, 2019. Naval aviators with the F-35B detachment with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced) conduct take-off and landings during fixed-wing flight operations in the Marine Corps’ newest, most advanced multi-role fighter, the F-35B. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU partnering with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish/Released)
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