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| An F-35B Lightning hovers as it comes in to land |
TOKYO, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Training maneuvers began this week near Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa of the U.S. Marine Corps' F-35 fighter jets, local media said here Wednesday.
The drills of the next-generation stealth aircraft were conducted this week following the first overseas deployment by the U.S. of the fighter jets to the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture last month.
Local media quoted the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force as describing the drills involving the planes as "regularly scheduled training" and added that the F-35 jets will operate on a "transient basis out of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and Kadena Air Base." Both U.S. bases are located in Okinawa.
No further information about the drills, such as times, locations and purposes were provided by the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, which heads up the U.S. Marines in Japan
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