The U.S. Marine Corps is already retrofitting F-35B and F-35C Lightning II fighter jets, and unlike the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps has purchased two JSF Joint Strike Aircraft at the same time. In fact, it can be seen from the tasks of the US Marine Corps that it is important to equip both the F-35B and the F-35C at the same time. U.S. Marine Corps fighters are composed of F/A-18C/D and AV-8B, of which the F/A-18C/D fighter squadron will have mission requirements for deployment on U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, because the U.S. Marine Corps procures F-35C fighters to replace the original F/A-18C/D fighters. The U.S. Marine Corps is equipped with the F-35B to replace the AV-8B platform, allowing it to be used on amphibious assault ships.
In fact, in addition to the fighters of the combat units, the U.S. Marine Corps also has a large number of F-5 series fighters, F-5 is a fighter developed by the United States in the late 50s of the last century, in 1960, in addition to a large number of equipment of the U.S. military, it has also been exported to many countries and regions, and there are many countries equipped with F-5 series fighters today. Although it is a platform developed in the 50s of the last century, it is still a model that the United States Marine Corps will equip for a long time, and the United States Marine Corps uses F-5 fighters, which are actually used for simulated air combat training, so as to enhance the comprehensive combat capability of the United States Marine Corps, so the F-5 fighter is the equipment of the imaginary enemy force.
When the US military was equipped with a large number of fifth-generation fighters, Europe also followed the trend of purchasing and equipping F-35 Lightning II fighters, so a large number of old fighters were retired, including the F-5 series fighters. For the U.S. Marine Corps, many European countries have picked up a bargain by replacing fifth-generation fighters, and Switzerland is already retiring F-5 fighters, for which the United States has begun a "buyback". According to information published by the American media, the US Marine Corps purchased 22 F-5 fighters from Switzerland and has recently received the first batch of F-5 fighters, for which the US Marine Corps is already working on the corresponding modification of the F-5 fighters.
The U.S. Marine Corps is refitted with F-35B and F-35C fighters, which is one of the actions to cooperate with the U.S. foreign strategy, and when the United States regards China as the biggest challenge, the U.S. Marine Corps' fifth-generation fighter is to be used to deal with the PLA's J-20 fighters, so the U.S. military's purchase of F-5 fighters has been quite a simulation of the rhythm of the J-20 fighter. However, the F-5 fighter is a platform that is not even as good as the Jian-7 fighter, so how can it simulate the PLA's fifth-generation fighter? Since the beginning of the 21 st century, the US Marine Corps has still used the F-5 fighter as the equipment of an imaginary enemy, obviously underestimating the PLA's overall strength.
In fact, the U.S. Air Force also has imaginary enemy squadrons, which are much more upscale than the U.S. Marine Corps in terms of the level of equipment, because the F-35A Lightning II fighters are already in use, while the F-16C/D fighters are still retained as imaginary enemies. In addition to using F-35A fighters and F-16C/D fighters for simulated air combat, the U.S. Air Force also uses retired F-117 fighters for combat training, in an attempt to improve its combat capabilities against fifth-generation fighters. The U.S. Marine Corps is "sticking to the old ways" and is still tossing around with old F-5 fighter jets, which the Global Beacon believes is difficult to understand.