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USMC KC-130J refuels Spanish Eurofighters

Posted on September 1, 2015September 1, 2015 by alert5

A USMC C-130J crew with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa coordinated an aerial refueling mission with five Spanish Air Force Eurofighters on Aug. 13.

US Marines fuel Spanish fighters mid-flight
U.S. Marine Corps photos by Staff Sgt. Vitaliy Rusavskiy
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For the first time, USMC will have female LAAD gunners

Posted on August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 by alert5

Four enlisted female U.S. Marines will create history when they graduate from the Low Altitude Air Defense Gunner’s (LAAD) Course 3-15, becoming the first to break into the all-male Military Occupational Specialty (MOS).

LAAD gunners aim high
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo

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Cubic to develop ACMI subsystem for F-35

Posted on August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 by alert5

Cubic Global Defense will develop an internally mounted subsystem of the P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) for the F-35.

A U.S. Air Force pilot navigates an F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Wing into position to refuel with a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 336th Air Refueling 130516-F-XL333-499
By MSgt John Nimmo Sr. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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VMA-214 join air strikes on ISIL in Iraq

Posted on August 20, 2015August 20, 2015 by alert5

AV-8Bs from VMA-214 are flying over Iraq for air strikes against ISIL, the U.S. military has announced.

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By English: Lance Cpl Steve Acuff [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Change of command for first operational F-35 squadron

Posted on August 16, 2015August 16, 2015 by alert5

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.

VMFA-121 Change of Command
Photo By: Cpl. Travis Gershaneck
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