Tag Archives: U.S. Marine Corps

The funny video in this post shows actor Rob Riggle trying to get a role in Top Gun: Maverick by shooting an auditioning tape, flying in the back seat of a U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet on May 6, 2014. Robert Allen Riggle Jr. is an American actor, comedian, …

On May 7 a U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) F-35B with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing operating out of Iwakuni, Japan was forced to abort takeoff after a bird strike caused the aircraft to suffer millions of dollars worth of serious damage. The aircraft “safely taxied off the …