USMC Releases New Aviation Plan Written 4 May 2022
F-35 carrier landing. | Credit: U.S. Navy; Wikimedia Commons; Public Domain
Seapower Magazine reports that the 2022 Marine Corps Aviation Plan, released this week, reduces the “number of F-35Bs in some squadrons from 16 to 10 aircraft.” Lt. Gen. Mark Wise, deputy commandant for Aviation, told reporters on Monday that the change in the numbers in the F-35 squadrons “really had to do with what is the optimum way, so starting with the requirement and moving backwards.”
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