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A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, departs a Forward Arming and Refueling Point with ordnance at Yuma Proving Grounds, Yuma, Arizona, May 25, 2022. The weapons configuration consists of six guided bombs, with four mounted onto the wings and two loaded into the weapons bay, as well as a Air Intercept Missile 9X. MAG-13 squadrons are capable of conducting offensive air support, anti-aircraft warfare, and aviation reconnaissance from expeditionary sites in any clime and place. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz)

KC-130J pilot receives DFC for saving the aircraft after mid-air collision with F-35B

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The U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J pilot who landed his plane safely in a farmer’s field in California after a mid-air collision with a F-35B has received the Distinguished Flying Cross.

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USMC AV-8B mission capable rate is now at 83 percent

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Despite facing retirement within this decade, the U.S. Marine Corps’ AV-8B is going strong and the mission capable rate is now at 83 percent thanks to the hard work from the folks at Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support’s (NAVSUP WSS) AV-8B Harrier Integrated Weapon Support Team (IWST).

US Navy 030224-N-6610T-519 An AV-8B Harrier jump jet assigned to the "Tigers" of Marine Attack Squadron Five Four Two (VMA-542) prepares to takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5)
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class John Taucher., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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