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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 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.
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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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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A AV-8B from VMA-452 crashed off the coast of Wilmington, North Carolina on May 6. The pilot ejected safely and was quickly picked up by an H-60 from HSC-22.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jason Robertson; The original uploader was Looper5920 at English Wikipedia, 2007-04-07 (original upload date) – MacDill AFB photo 061024-F-5677R-154; transferred from en.wikipedia; Transfer was stated to be made by User:Alaniaris., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3414220
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