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VMFA (AW)-224 traveled to JASDF Chitose for DACT training with F-15Js

Posted on January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 by alert5

F/A-18Ds assigned to VMFA (AW)-224 traveled to Chitose Air Base, Japan for dissimilar air combat training (DACT) with Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15Js on Jan. 12.

Chitose ATR
Photo By: Cpl. Jessica Quezada
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F-35’s ejection seat unlikely to be fixed before 2018

Posted on January 10, 2016January 9, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has been forced to push back the lifting of weight restrictions on F-35 pilots until 2018.


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VMA-223 deploys to Bahrain to fight ISIL

Posted on January 6, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Marine Corps has published a set of pictures showing VMA-223 deployed to Isa Air Base, Bahrain in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

Close Air Guard Dogs
U.S. Marine Corps photos by Cpl. Akeel Austin
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First USMC test pilot to fly the CH-53K

Posted on January 2, 2016January 2, 2016 by alert5

Lt. Col. Jonathan Morel from VX-21 became the first U.S. Marine to fly the CH-53K on Dec. 18 at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation’s Development Flight Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Photo By: Courtesy
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Pentagon getting 78 C-130Js with options for 5 more under Multiyear contract

Posted on January 1, 2016January 1, 2016 by alert5

The Pentagon has approved a Multiyear contract, worth $5.3 billion, to buy 78 C-130Js from Lockheed Martin.

175th Wing - C-130 Hercules Warfield Air National Guard Base Maryland
By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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