The US Marine Corps has decided for good or ill to declare their F-35B has acheived IOC or Initial Operational Capability. This means the F-35B can do to war. However, it will not have its entire capability set. That 'Initial' bit is still set. The F-35B can do data fusion for 4 F-35Bs at once. It cannot fire its cannon (which is an external pod on the B anyways). It successfully went to sea on the USS Wasp, but, unfortunately, could only have 50% of the aircraft being combat ready at any time.
The first squadron will go to Okinawa. Some will be based on land. Some will be aboard an LHD.
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