Rank 43 in the Aviation Heroes collection, this print treats the F-35B Lightning II as the US Marine Corps' short take-off and vertical landing answer to expeditionary fifth-generation strike — not as a generic grey jet silhouette on white. VMFA-211 Wake Island Avengers carry one of the Corps' most storied nicknames, earned when a dozen Grumman F4F Wildcats held Wake Island against Japanese assault in December 1941 before the squadron rebuilt and fought through the Pacific. The Avengers transitioned from AV-8B Harrier IIs to F-35Bs in May 2016 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, becoming the Marine Corps' second fleet squadron to fly the Lightning II as its primary aircraft after the Harrier era ended on 6 May. Here the B-variant sits on a wet runway with its lift fan door raised — the STOVL signature collectors spot instantly — while the Wake Island patch and 20 | 16 band anchor the poster to that 2016 integration year.