F-35s Visit Sedona

On 8 March 2023 a section (flight of 2) of US Marine Corps F-35Bs

from NAS Yuma VMFA 211 made multiple low passes at Sedona Airport.

It was a routine training mission and neither aircraft touched down.

Note photos below illustrating the distinctive Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL) characteristics of the Marine Version of this aircraft.

Photographs used with kind permission 

of

Ted Grussing and Mike Schroeder.