WEBVTT 00:00.690 --> 00:03.060 - The F35B Lightning II aircraft 00:03.170 --> 00:05.010 arrived at US Central Command 00:05.010 --> 00:06.800 on Macdill Air Force Base, Florida 00:06.800 --> 00:08.320 April 4th in order to 00:08.320 --> 00:09.940 inform CENTCOM leadership 00:09.940 --> 00:11.080 upon the capability 00:11.080 --> 00:14.160 and flexibility of the F35B platform 00:14.160 --> 00:15.650 before it enters the CENTCOM 00:15.650 --> 00:17.053 area of responsibility. 00:17.920 --> 00:19.850 ^- We want to ensure that the 00:19.990 --> 00:20.840 ^members of the staff, 00:20.840 --> 00:21.990 ^the CENTCOM staff 00:22.550 --> 00:25.390 understand how to properly employ the F35 00:25.390 --> 00:26.883 and understand both our capabilities, 00:27.290 --> 00:29.140 specifically the F35B, 00:29.140 --> 00:30.750 so they understand how to best employ 00:30.750 --> 00:32.900 the aircraft in support of the joint force. 00:36.710 --> 00:37.940 - Well it's a pretty big deal. 00:37.940 --> 00:39.050 Not only just for CENTCOM 00:39.050 --> 00:40.030 but for the Marine Corps. 00:40.030 --> 00:42.480 ^This is the newest and most lethal 00:42.690 --> 00:45.163 ^aircraft that the joint force has. 00:45.270 --> 00:46.270 And the fact that it's coming 00:46.270 --> 00:47.360 into the CENTCOM theater 00:47.360 --> 00:49.440 and potentially sees some combat operations 00:49.440 --> 00:50.340 a pretty big deal. 00:51.440 --> 00:53.030 So the Marine Corps' always had the ability 00:53.030 --> 00:54.520 through the MAGTF to do 00:54.520 --> 00:56.965 a broad range of combat operations. 00:56.965 --> 00:59.410 But now when you put an F35 Bravo as 00:59.410 --> 01:01.603 part of the air combat element, 01:01.690 --> 01:03.200 now it increases the capabilities 01:03.200 --> 01:04.610 of what the MAGTF can provide 01:04.610 --> 01:05.960 to the combatant commander. 01:06.730 --> 01:07.940 - What we want to do is 01:07.940 --> 01:08.900 we want to make sure that 01:08.900 --> 01:11.150 this jet helps out the entire MAGTF. 01:11.150 --> 01:14.053 So this is specific for MAGTF operations. 01:14.600 --> 01:15.650 We're also gonna help out 01:15.650 --> 01:17.060 in the joint environment as well 01:17.060 --> 01:19.423 both in air and on the surface. 01:19.620 --> 01:20.910 And that's kinda the big picture, 01:20.910 --> 01:22.170 that's why we're here at the CENTCOM, 01:22.170 --> 01:23.760 what we can do for the joint fight 01:23.760 --> 01:24.960 and then as always 01:24.960 --> 01:27.260 we're here to support the Marine 01:27.590 --> 01:28.423 on the ground. 01:28.840 --> 01:29.940 - I think as a planner 01:30.040 --> 01:31.840 and for all the Marines that perhaps 01:31.890 --> 01:33.280 aren't familiar with the F35, 01:33.280 --> 01:34.660 they need to understand that the F35 01:34.660 --> 01:36.160 is more than just an aircraft. 01:36.432 --> 01:38.530 It's a system of systems 01:38.630 --> 01:39.463 that's flying, 01:39.463 --> 01:40.703 it's got sensors, 01:40.910 --> 01:42.980 it can do low absorbable aircraft, 01:42.980 --> 01:46.760 they could do anti access air denial capabilities. 01:46.760 --> 01:48.660 So it's more than just simply an aircraft. 01:48.660 --> 01:50.200 So you have to think a little bit different 01:50.200 --> 01:53.060 about how you plan and employ this capability 01:53.320 --> 01:54.920 in support of combat operations. 01:58.190 --> 01:59.023 - It's in the fleet now. 01:59.023 --> 02:00.380 It's the plume with the muse 02:00.670 --> 02:01.640 and it's out in the fleet 02:01.640 --> 02:03.290 and it's only, we're growing in numbers. 02:03.290 --> 02:05.940 So we're gonna be there in higher numbers 02:05.950 --> 02:07.363 to support Marines on deck.