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This year’s RIMPAC will see CH-53s, MV-22s landing aboard Australia’s new carrier

Posted on April 5, 2016 by alert5

Australia will bring its new amphibious assault ship HMAS Canberra to the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in Hawaii and the ship’s captain told Jane’s that USMC CH-53s and MV-22s will be carrying out deck qualifications.

By Hpeterswald (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Marines had to cannibalized parts from museum aircraft

Posted on April 1, 2016April 1, 2016 by alert5

During a recent visit to U.S. Marine Corp bases, House Armed Services Committee chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry was told how Marines had to cannibalize parts from a museum aircraft so that they can send one of the front-line aircraft for an overseas mission.

Rep. Mac Thornberry, center-right, discusses maintenance and readiness issues with Marines from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264 at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., March 18, 2016. Thornberry also serves as the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and met with units from across II Marine Expeditionary Force to discuss force-related topics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Cpl. Lucas Hopkins/Released)

F-35B air demo in U.K. might feature vertical landing and aerial refueling

Posted on April 1, 2016April 1, 2016 by alert5

A report from Defense News says the U.S. Marine Corps is looking at adding vertical landing and aerial refueling segments to its F-35B flying display at Royal International Air Tattoo and Farnborough Airshow.

By Cpl. Neysa Huertas Quinones (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2129400) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Fixed-wing variant of APKWS delivered to VMA-233 in theater

Posted on March 31, 2016March 31, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Navy has delivered the first fixed-wing aircraft variant of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) to VMA-233 in theater.

Photo: U.S. Navy
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F-35Bs on schedule to be deployed to Japan in January 2017

Posted on March 26, 2016March 26, 2016 by alert5

The Assistant U.S. Secretary of the Navy Sean Stackley told lawmakers on Mar. 23 that the U.S. Marine Corps is on schedule to deploy the F-35B to MCAS Iwakuni in January 2017.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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