The U.S. Marine Corps road map for retiring the F/A-18 and AV-8B has changed. Instead of retiring the Hornet before the Harrier, the service has decided on the opposite.
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Joint CSAR exercise between HMLA-267 and 34th Weapons Squadron
The 34th Weapons Squadron from the U.S. Air Force had an opportunity to join forces with HMLA-267 for a joint combat search and rescue exercise.
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LRIP 8 negotiations concluded; 2 F-35As for Israel, 4 for Japan, 2 for Italy, 2 for Norway
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin have reached an agreement in principle for the production of 43 F-35s under Low-Rate Initial Production lot 8 (LRIP 8) contract.
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Japan to offer V-22 maintenance facility in Chiba
Japan has offered to host the V-22 maintenance facility in a JGSDF camp in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture.
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VMAQT-1 flew all its aircraft for seven-ship formation flight
VMAQT-1 was able to bring all its seven EA-6Bs to serviceable state and flew a seven-ship formation flight to celebrating winning the 2014 Association of Old Crows Marine Corps outstanding unit award.
Photo: Cpl. J. R. Heins