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F-35B simulators get Block 2B upgrade

Posted on July 26, 2015 by alert5

All four F-35B simulators at MCAS Yuma are now able to replicate the real jet after getting their Block 2B software upgrade.

By: Lance Cpl. Austin Hazard [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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VMM–165 celebrate 50th anniversary while deployed

Posted on July 24, 2015July 24, 2015 by alert5

VMM-165 celebrate the unit’s 50th anniversary while deployed with the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command in Southwest Asia on Jul. 1.

Photo By: Lance Cpl. Garrett White

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RAF pilot performs first U.K. takeoff of F-35B at sea

Posted on July 23, 2015 by alert5

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.

U.S. Navy photo

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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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