Aviation News
This op-ed by Bill Sweetman examines whether the F-35B is truly able to operate from improvised forward operating locations with runway surfaces that may not be able to take the heat from the main engine exhaust.
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U.S. President Obama signed a pair of bills May 23 awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the Doolittle Raiders and the American Fighter Aces.
The Pentagon has repositioned V-22s and KC-130s to Italy in case there is a need to evacuate Americans from the U.S. Embassy in Libya.
A U.S. Marine died after falling from a V-22 while the aircraft was flying 45 miles west of Marine Corps Air Station New River.
A F-35B, FA-18D and AV-8B preforming a legacy flight at the 2014 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show on May 17.
U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young