Category: Marines

Four F-35Bs from MCAS Yuma and two from MCAS Beaufort will go to sea in May on board USS Wasp for the type’s first shipboard operational test.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Seaman Natasha R. Chalk [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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An official from the Yuma International Airport said the T-59 that crashed on Mar. 11 had lost control during take-off.
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A U.S. Marine was killed when a T-59 Hawk crashed at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and the aircraft hit a vehicle on the ground.

Photo by Randy Hoeft/Yuma Sun
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VMMT-204 will conduct all future training on the V-22 with the ramp in the “up” position in all flight regimes and profiles except during landing or when conducting operations that requires the ramp to be lowered.

“USMC-12296” by Lance Cpl. Lisa M. Tourtelot – http://www.marines.mil/unit/mcasmiramar/PublishingImages/1101012-M-2306T%20142.jpg. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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