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 ...

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

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.

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.

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” ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japan is converting two helicopter carriers into its first aircraft carriers since World War II, which will be deployed with the F-35B jets.

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