U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning IIs assigned to 121 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, take off on the first day of Exercise Northern Edge 17 (NE17). NE17 is one in a series of U.S. Pacific Command exercises in 2017 that prepares joint forces to respond to crises in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The exercise is designed to sharpen participants’ tactical combat skills, to improve command, control and communication relationships, and to develop interoperable plans and programs across the joint force.
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