The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing's first F-35B touches down Friday afternoon, Nov. 16, 2012, at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Yuma, Ariz. The plane belongs to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121. The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing will introduce its first F-35B squadron Tuesday during an official ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. During the ceremony, Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 121, formerly a 3rd MAW F/A-18 Hornet squadron, will be re-designated as the Corps' first operational F-35 squadron, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121. (AP Photo/The Yuma Sun, Randy Hoeft)
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