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Simulated LHD under construction at Beaufort

Posted on August 8, 2015August 8, 2015 by alert5

Remember the concrete aircraft carrier the Chinese built in Wuhan? The U.S. Marine Corps is building one at MCAS Beaufort as well.

Construction has begun on a simulated Landing Helicopter Dock aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. The simulated LHD will have all the working lights and equipment found onboard a ship. The base is solid concrete exactly the dimensions of the real one. The dock will also feature a control tower.

USMC accelerating the installation of Link 16 on AV-8B

Posted on August 6, 2015August 5, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Marine Corps wants to accelerate the program to install the Link 16 datalink on AV-8Bs equipped with AGP-65 radars.

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F-35B is now operational

Posted on August 1, 2015August 1, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Marine Corps has declared the F-35B operational on the last day of July. VMFA-121 is the first unit in the world to have achieved Initial Operational Capability with the stealth fighter.

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Final USMC CH-46 flight

Posted on July 31, 2015July 31, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Marine Corps will fly its last CH-46 flight at Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Virginia on Aug. 1.

Photo: Boeing
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DOT&E says F-35B had poor reliability during operational testing at sea

Posted on July 30, 2015July 30, 2015 by alert5

Bloomberg has obtained a memo written by Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Michael Gilmore, in which he criticized the poor reliability of the F-35B during its operational testing on board USS Wasp.

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