Col. Charles “Tre” Del Pizzo, 49, confirmed to Marine Corps Times he was the pilot who ejected from the F-35B over Charleston, South Carolina, on Sept. 17, 2023, and parachuted into a resident ...

Marines assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, search for aircraft debris in a field adjacent to the F-35B mishap site in Williamsburg County on Sept. 25, 2023.

The Marine Corps is turning the Navy’s amphibious assault ships into small and agile carriers loaded with F-35B Lightning II ...

A U.S. senator accused Marine Commandant Gen. Eric M. Smith of making a “punitive and vindictive” decision to relieve a decorated pilot who ejected from an F-35B over South Carolina in 2023.

A third Marine Corps squadron of F-35B Lightning II fighters arrived in Japan over the weekend, marking the latest step in the service’s efforts to modernize its deployed forces in the Indo-Pacific.

As the Marine Corps’ newest F-35B squadron, VMFA-224 continues to prepare its personnel, equipment, and procedures for F-35 operations. The squadron expects to receive its first F-35B in late 2025 and ...

The first F-35B Lightning II jet arrived at the Marine Corps Air Station Friday to much fanfare. The jet has “advanced stealth and agility” ...

In addition to the U.S. Marine Corps' F-35B aircraft, Japan currently hosts the F-35A jets operated by the U.S. Air Force at Kadena Air Base on the southwestern island of Okinawa, as well as the F ...

The Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, or VMFA-121, was given the designation following a five-day readiness inspection, during which its 10 F-35B Lighting II planes and their pilots were tested ...

A little more than a month later, on Sept. 17, 2023, Del Pizzo climbed into the cockpit of an F-35B from Marine Fighter ...

The first F-35B Lightning II jet arrived at the Marine Corps Air Station Friday to much fanfare. The jet has “advanced stealth and agility” ...