The last USMC female WSO graduates from VT-86

1st Lt. Brenda McCarthy became the last female U.S. Marine Corps Weapon Systems Officer (WSO) when she graduated from VT-86 on May 27.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Brenda McCarthy poses for a photo at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., May 27, 2021. McCarthy is the last female Marine to receive her wings as a weapons systems officer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mellizza Bonjoc)

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U.S. State Department clears sale of 29 AH-64Es to Australia

The Biden administration has given its approval to sell 29 AH-64E attack helicopters to Australia that is expected to cost $3.5 billion.

A group of AH-64E version 6 Apache helicopters depart the Boeing manufacturing facilities at Mesa, Ariz. 13 January bound for Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Wash. The aircraft will be delivered to the
1-229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion. With the fielding of these aircraft, the 1-229th ARB, becomes first operational unit to add the Apache V6 aircraft to its inventory. (Photo Courtesy Boeing Mesa)

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Ebbing ANGB selected to host Singapore’s F-16s and F-35s

The U.S. Air Force has announced that Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Arkansas, has been selected as the preferred location for the F-35 training center for Foreign Military Sales participants and the new location for the 425th Fighter Squadron.

An F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 425th Fighter Squadron, prepares to land May 19, 2020, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The F-16 can withstand up to nine G’s, nine times the force of gravity, with a full load of internal fuel. Luke AFB currently trains alongside six foreign nations and has graduated more than 61,000 fighter pilots since 1941. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Leala Marquez)

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