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Last legacy H-1 helicopter to undergo maintenance in Okinawa

Posted on July 23, 2015 by alert5

The last legacy H-1 helicopter to undergo periodic maintenance at Fleet Readiness Center West Pacific (FRCWP) in Japan has been redelivered to HMLA-269 on Jul. 1.

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CH-53 helps refuel USMC 1st Tank Battalion’s M1A1s

Posted on July 22, 2015 by alert5

A CH-53 from HMH-465 carried out a rare tactical refueling exercise with M1A1 Abrams tanks from Company A, 1st Tank Battalion on Jul. 16.

Marines of Company A, 1st Tank Battalion, prepare an M1A1 Abrams tank to receive fuel from a CH-53 Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 at Acorn Training Area, July 16, 2015. Each tank has the capability to hold 500 gallons of fuel. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas Mudd/Released)

Photo By: Lance Cpl. Thomas Mudd
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After fatal crash in Hawaii, Ospreys no longer allowed to hover in dust clouds for > 30 seconds

Posted on July 17, 2015July 17, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Marine Corps has ordered all MV-22B pilots from taking longer than 30 seconds to land during Reduced Visibility Landing (RVLs) conditions.

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VMFA-121 will only bring 10 F-35Bs to Iwakuni in 2017

Posted on July 17, 2015July 17, 2015 by alert5

Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, the USMC’s Deputy Commandant for Aviation, revealed that only F-35Bs with VMFA-121 will be deployed to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan in 2017.

By Lance Cpl. Raquel Barraza (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1004233) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Dunford says Pentagon reconsidering total F-35 buy

Posted on July 11, 2015July 11, 2015 by alert5

U.S. President Obama’s nominee for the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, told the Senate Armed Services Committee in writing that the total number of F-35 to be bought by the three services is under review.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katerina Slivinske [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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