More than 150 Marines from VMFA-224 have left MCAS Beaufort for Japan where they will relieve VMFA-122 and station in the Pacific for six-months.
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F-35 engine fix coming
Lt. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan, program manager for the F-35, goes thru various short-term and long-term solutions to fix the problem on the F135 engine.
USMC decided to retire Harriers before Hornets
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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