One of the two 388th Fighter Wing’s 4th Fighter Squadron F-35s involved in the strafing runs with the GAU-22. – Credits: USAF A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighter was significantly damaged when a round fired from its underbelly 25mm gun pod exploded shortly after leaving the muzzle of …
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Credits: Flightradar24 The U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps are on heightened alert and increase patrols over Iraq to respond to a potential Iranian attack at U.S. troops in the Middle East region. Pentagon officials are concerned about movements of Iranian-backed militias amid heightened tensions on the eve of …
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Here’s U.S. Marine Corps C-130J That Collided With An F-35B Over Southern California on September 29th, 2020, U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Crashes and KC-130J Crash Lands After Mid-Air Collision During Air-to-air Refueling. We still don’t know much about what exactly caused the collision between a KC-130J and an F-35B, both …
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A video posted on Instagram seems to show the F-35B crashing into the ground near the Coachella Valley, California. (Image credit: @aviationdaily clip) on Sept. 29, 2020, at approximately 16.00LT a U.S. Marine Corps Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II, callsign VOLT 93 made contact with a Lockheed KC-130J Hercules (166765) …
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A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130 flies with two F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters over Beaufort, S.C., on March 19, 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Olivia G. Ortiz/Released) on Sept. 29, 2020, at approximately 16.00LT a U.S. Marine Corps Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II, callsign VOLT 93 …
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A CH-53E Super Stallion Helicopter prepares to land on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Evan Thompson/Released) After making an emergency landing, the USMC helicopter caught fire and was destroyed. The four crew members left …
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on Jan. 24, 2020, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Ralph Featherstone, the commanding officer (CO) of Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron has been fired for making a low-level flypast during the unit’s sundown the ceremony of the F/A-18D. An anonymous source told Marine Corps Times that the flight was lower …
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On January 21, 2020, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California — 3rd Marine Air Wing made history when it welcomed the Marine Corps’ first F-35C Joint Strike fighter jet. Lt. Col. Cedar Hinton, commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314, flew the next-generation Lightning II fighter jet to Marine …
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U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Sage V. D’Aprile, an AV-8B Harrier II pilot, walks to his aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Elias E. Pimentel III) According to military.com, The United States Marine Corps is offering some former Reserve pilots …
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An undisclosed number of U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II STOVL aircraft belonging to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMFA-211), assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, launched the first-ever combat mission by a U.S. military F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter last year. The long-range strikes that struck insurgent …
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