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In a joint press conference with his Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel confirmed that a second squadron of 12 MV-22s will be heading to Japan.
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The Pentagon has set up a Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force, Crisis Response (SP-MAGTF CR) force that will provide limited defense crisis response in support of U.S. Embassies in U.S. Africa Command’s area of responsibility.
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U.S. Marine Corps officials tell U.S. News that the MV-22 will test a Boeing aerial tanking kit this summer.
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HMLA-167 is the last USMC squadron to make the transition from the UH-1N to the 1Y. The first UH-1Y arrived at the squadron on Apr. 17.
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Lockheed Martin will resume delivering F-35Bs to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma sometime within the next month.
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