Watch footage from the Essex as the Marine Corps conducts the first combat mission in Afghanistan using an F-35. Read more here: https://trib.al/cMDlHUF | Navy Times

11K views · 172 reactions | Colonel David Chace, F-35 Systems Management Office Chief and Lead for F-35 Operational Requirements at Air Combat Command, tells us about the F-35 Initial Operating Capabilities. Video footage courtesy of Mountain Home Air Force Base Gunfighters and Hill Air Force Base. | Air Combat Command | Facebook