For the third time, Hill AFB fighter wings deploy F-35As to Middle East

"Your third deployment? That's cute," said the Navy and Marine Corps F-35 pilots. Marines have been flying F-35Bs from the small decks of amphibious carriers for almost three years, and one squadron is home-based in Japan for almost four. Still, there are career F-22 pilots who can't say they've left the United States three times.