U.S. Marine Corps F-35 Lightning II

Credit: Senior Airman Roslyn Ward | Date Taken: 01/25/2021
U.S. Marine Corps F-35 Lightning II aircraft conduct armed aerial patrols in Somalia in support of Operation Octave Quartz, Jan. 26, 2020. The F-35s support to OOQ demonstrates the U.S. military's reach and power projection across vast distances to hold adversaries such as al-Shabaab at risk with flexible, precise, and lethal force that is capable of rapidly responding anywhere on the globe. The mission of OOQ is to reposition U.S. Department of Defense personnel from Somalia to other locations in East Africa. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Roslyn Ward)