Two F-35B Lightning IIs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225 (VMFA-225), known as the ‘Vikings', launched from USS Boxer (LHD-4) to respond to reports of landing craft threatening the beach.

"At the end of the day, it's going to be the people that win our nation's wars," VMFA-225 pilot Maj. Patrick Kaufer said in the release. "Having those person-to-person connections between the Air ...