Bengals on the Road in Finland

Check out this great tiger-striped F-35B from the “Fighting Bengals” of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224 on a highway near remote Tervo, Finland (pop. 1,385), earlier this year conducting hot-pit refueling FARP operations as part of during Exercise Ramstein Flag 2026. U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Keng Lee, from Wisconsin, a powerline mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224, Marine Aircraft Group 31, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, salutes Maj. Danny Sorrells, from Georgia, an F-35B Lightning II pilot with VMFA-224, during exercise Ramstein Flag 2026 in Tervo, Finland, June 10, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mya Seymour) U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jaheim Elrasul, from New York, an expeditionary fuels technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 272, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts forward arming and refueling point operations in a simulated chemical biological radiological and nuclear environment during exercise Ramstein…