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Lightning Strikes

You voted, and this week's Top Corps Shot comes from Air Force Staff Sgt. Joely Santiago. Santiago captured this historic photo when the DoD's first production F-35B Lightning II made its way to the Marines of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 501.

 

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DoD's first production F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter flies toward its new home at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., escorted by Marine Corps F-18 Hornets. The Marine variant of the JSF belongs to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 501. The Marines of VMFAT-501 received two F-35Bs Jan. 11.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joely Santiago)

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Taken on January 11, 2011