A MV-22 from USS Iwo Jima crashed in Morocco on Wednesday, killing two on board and two others injured. The aircraft was taking part in Exercise African Lion.
The U.S. Marine Corps is trying to get the Navy to commit into buying the V-22 to replace its aging C-2A COD.
Lt. Christopher Tabert became the first military pilot to fly all three versions of the F-35 when he completed the government acceptance flight for AF-14 on Mar. 23.
NAVAIR has signed a direct contract with Northrop Grumman Corporation to provide mission computers for UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopters.
Speaking at the TechNet Land Forces conference in Tucson, Arizona, the former commander of the 13 Marine Expeditionary Unit warned that U.S. military commanders are slowly being addicted to the full-motion video provided by ISR platforms and moving towards centralized decision-making and just-in-time decisions.
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 conducted it’s final flight of their last AH-1W Super Cobra at Marine Corps Air Station 39, Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 23.
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Former USAF Weapons School instructor and tiltrotor pilot, Mike McKinney, gives an account on what its like to fly the V-22.
A UH-1Y crashed in July 2011 after its drive train was destroyed by debris and the pilot’s wrong response to loss of tail rotor thrust.
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A young Marine AH-1W pilot lost his life after his helicopter crashed while taking off in a remote base in Afghanistan on Sept. 28.
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VMFA(AW)-533 is the winner of the Robert M. Hanson award for the best fighter attack squadron in the U.S. Marine Corps for 2011.
