A further three Lockheed F-35Bs were delivered to RAF Marham on November 18th 2022. The aircraft arrived at their home base after a delivery flight from Fort Worth which included a stop at Lajes in the Azores.
The aircraft arrived at Lajes on November 17th from St Johns in Canada where they had diverted in after departing MCAS Beaufort, South Caroline on the 16th and continued their journey the following day:-
ZM162/028 "RRR9731"
ZM164/030 "RRR9732"
ZM163/029 "RRR9733"
Support was provided by Voyager KC.3 ZZ336 "RRR9301".
Also visiting on November 18th was Poseidon MRA.1 ZP801 "RFR7040" which remained at Lajes.