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Video by Lance Cpl. Elias Pimentel

VMFAT-501 in NOLA: F-35 Pilots Prep for Flight (B-Roll)

2nd Marine Aircraft Wing

Oct. 27, 2022 | 2:13

U.S. Marines and British Royal Navy sailors with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501 prepare to fly F-35B Lightning II fighter jets at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana, Oct. 25, 2022. VMFAT-501 deployed to NAS JRB New Orleans to increase entry-level pilots' proficiency in offensive-air support, electronic warfare, and routine flight operations for their future fleet assignments. VMFAT-501 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.

This B-Roll Package contains footage of the following: F-35B Lightning II fighter jet pilot and student pilots planning flights, attending a preflight brief, putting on flight equipment, walking to F-35B Lightning II fighter jets, conducting preflight checks on F-35B Lightning II fighter jets, and taxiing in F-35B Lightning II fighter jets.
(U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Elias E. Pimentel III)