{"id":22869,"date":"2022-01-13T15:37:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T15:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/01\/13\/first-marine-f-35c-deploys-on-aircraft-carrier\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:52:37","slug":"first-marine-f-35c-deploys-on-aircraft-carrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2022\/01\/13\/first-marine-f-35c-deploys-on-aircraft-carrier\/","title":{"rendered":"First Marine F-35C squadron deploys on an aircraft carrier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Marine Corps achieved another first for its F-35 program in early January as an F-35C squadron deployed on an aircraft carrier for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314, (VMFA-314)<\/a>, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, left San Diego Jan. 3 aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, according to a Marine Corps press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The squadron, also known as the Black Knights, was the first Marine Corps unit to transition to the F-35C in January 2020 and the first squadron to declare full operational capability for the F-35C in July 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Black Knight\u2019s deployment of F-35C Lightning II aboard USS Abraham Lincoln is the newest chapter in the Marine Corps\u2019 long history of naval integration,\u201d Maj. Gen. Bradford J. Gering, the commander of 3rd Marine Air Wing, said in a press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\t