Category: Marines

VMFA-121, the first F-35 to achieve Initial Operational Capability (IOC), held a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma on Aug. 14.

Photo By: Cpl. Travis Gershaneck
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Currently, most of the Ospreys flown by the U.S. Marine Corps are A and B models and now Lt. Gen. Jon Davis wants to change that and have the aircraft upgraded to the C-model.

By Cpl Christopher Q. Stone [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Four more squadrons will follow VMFA-121’s footsteps in transitioning to the F-35B stealth fighter, the U.S. Marine Corps has announced.

By Official Navy Page (Flickr: An F-35B test dropping a bomb.) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Remember the concrete aircraft carrier the Chinese built in Wuhan? The U.S. Marine Corps is building one at MCAS Beaufort as well.

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