Welcome to the United States Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighter West Coast EIS Website.

The Marine Corps proposes to provide the facilities and functions to support basing and operation of the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter at West Coast installations. The F-35B is the highly-advanced, next-generation aircraft designed to replace aging Marine Corps squadrons of AV-8 Harriers and F/A-18A/C/D Hornets between 2012 and 2024. The Marine Corps developed a range of reasonable basing alternatives distribute differing combinations of the F-35B active-duty, reserve, and Operational Test and Evaluation squadrons between Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar in California and MCAS Yuma in Arizona.

This site provides information about the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process and actions that are necessary to prepare an Environmental impact Statement (EIS). The EIS will describe the potential environmental impacts of the proposed F-35B basing alternatives. The website provides information about the project alternatives, the EIS documents and schedule, and public involvement opportunities.

Your involvement and feedback are essential in assisting us to identify key environmental issues potentially affected by the West Coast F-35B basing. Comments may be submitted on this website or by mail. Scoping comments must be submitted by February 17, 2009.

Scoping open house meetings were held from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at these locations:

A summary of the scoping meetings is available under Public Involvement Materials