VMFAT-501 is expected to conduct regular F-35B training flights from MCAS Beaufort this November.
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Video: Watch emergency responders tackle fire on AV-8B in Okinawa
A USMC AV-8B Harrier caught fire on Sept. 4 after making an emergency landing in Okinawa.
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Bogdan warns F-35 program risks missing deadlines
Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, program manager of the F-35, warned that the test program may risks missing deadlines if restrictions placed on the fleet remain beyond this month.
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USMC retires the UH-1N
The U.S. Marine Corps officially retired the N-model of the Bell UH-1 during a “sundown ceremony” Aug. 28 at NAS Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans.
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Photo by Cpl. J. Gage karwick
MV-22s participated in disaster exercise from Yokota Air Base
Two MV-22s departed from Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Aug. 31 for Izu-Oshima, an island south of Tokyo, during a U.S. disaster response exercise.
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