The U.S. Marine Corps will have to wait till 2018 before it can deploy the MV-22B as an airborne tanker for its aviation elements.
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The 1,000th F-35B vertical landing
The F-35B clocked its 1,000th vertical landing at NAS Patuxent River with BAE Systems test pilot Peter ‘Wizzer’ Wilson at the controls.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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VMA-211 has retired its Harriers, received first two F-35Bs
VMA-211 flew its last AV-8B flight on May 6 and three days later the first two F-35Bs for the unit arrived at MCAS Yuma on May 9.
U.S. Marine Corps wants to convert all its KC-130Js, MV-22Bs into gunships
The U.S. Marine Corps has laid out an ambitious plan to covert all its 79 KC-130J aerial refueling tankers into Harvest Hawk-capable platforms.
By Cpl Samantha H. Arrington [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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K-MAX arrived at MCAS Yuma
The U.s. Marine Corps’ first two Kaman K-MAX Helicopters arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma on May 7. The service says the optionally-manned helicopters will utilize MCAS Yuma’s training ranges in both Arizona and California to strengthen training, testing and operations across the Marine Corps.
Photos By: Pfc. George Melendez
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