Last update on Sep.25, 2024

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron

SquadronAircraftLocationGroupRemarks
VMFA-115 (*4) 
 
      
VMFA-121Green Knights
VK
F-35B MCAS Iwakuni, JapanMAG-12
USS Tripoli (LHA 7)
23May2022-01Jul2022

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VK
F-35B USS America (LHA 6)31st MEU
VMM-262(R)
U.S. 7th Fleet AOO
13Jul2024-08Sep2024
VMFA-122Werewolves
DC
F-35B MCAS Yuma, AZMAG-13  

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DC
F-35B USS Makin Island (LHD 8)13th MEU
VMM-362(R)
U.S. 7th Fleet AOO
10Nov2022-05Jun2023
VMFA-211Avengers
CF
F-35B MCAS Yuma, AZMAG-13  

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CF
F-35B USS Essex (LHD 2)13th MEU
VMM-166(R)
U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet AOO
10Jul2018-01Mar2019
VMFA-214Black Sheep
WE
F-35B MCAS Yuma, AZMAG-13  

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F-35B     
VMFA(AW)-224Bengals
WK
FA-18D
FA-18C(N)		 MCAS Beaufort, SCMAG-31
MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
Mar2024-Sep2024
VMFA-225Vikings
CE
F-35B MCAS Yuma, AZMAG-13  

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CE
F-35B USS Boxer (LHD 4)15th MEU
VMM-165(R)
[ Underway ]
Indo-Pacific deployment
16Jul2024-
VMFA-232Red Devils
WT
FA-18C(N)
FA-18D		 MCAS Miramar, CAMAG-11
MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
Sep2023-Mar2024
VMFA-242Bats
DT
F-35B MCAS Iwakuni, JapanMAG-12 

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DT
F-35B USS America (LHA 6)31st MEU
VMM-265(R)
U.S. 7th Fleet AOO
26May2023-31Aug2023
VMFA-251 (*3)Thunderbolts
 
F-35C (*2) MCAS Cherry Point, NCMAG-14 
VMFA-311Tomcats
WL
F-35C MCAS Miramar, CAMAG-11  
VMFA-312Checkerboards
DR xxx (*5)
FA-18C(N)
FA-18D		 MCAS Beaufort, SCMAG-31
[ Underway ]
MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
Sep2024-
VMFA-314Black Knights
VW 3xx
F-35C MCAS Miramar, CAMAG-11
[ Underway ]
CVW-9/USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet AOO
11Jul2024-
VMFA-323 (*1)Death Rattlers
WS 4xx
WS 2x
FA-18C(N)
FA-18D		 MCAS Miramar, CAMAG-11
Lask AB, Poland
10 x FA-18C(N)s :
400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 408, 411, 412
10Jun2022-25Aug2022

Aviano AB, Italy
4 x FA-18C(N)s : 403, 405, 406, 412
01Aug2022-Mar2023
3 x FA-18C(N)s : 401, 402, 404
21Aug2022-Mar2023
3 x FA-18C(N)s : 400, 408, 411
25Aug2022-Mar2023
VMFA-533Hawks
ED
F-35B MCAS Beaufort, SCMAG-31  

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F-35B     
VMFA-542Tigers
WH
F-35B MCAS Cherry Point, NCMAG-14
Bodo Main Air Station (Bodo MAS), Norway
Feb2024-Mar2024

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F-35B     
(*1) VMFAT-101 was officially deactivated on 01 October 2023, and turn its training responsibilities to VMFA-323,
a deploying squadron which will maintain a fleet replacement detachment until FY2027.

(*2) VMFA-251 received first F-35C Lightning II on September 17, 2024.
(*3) VMFA-251 is to be re-activated by 2025 as a F-35C Lightning II squadron
and based at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina,
according to the 2022 Aviation Plan.

(*4) VMFA-115 was officially deactived on 9 November 2023,
will reactivate at Cherry Point, MAG-14
with F-35C transition beginning in fiscal year 2025,
and operational squadron no later than fiscal year 2027,
according to the 2022 Aviation Plan.

(*5) Side No. 'xxx' : last three digits of Bu.No.

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