USS Tripoli is now certified to operate the F-35B following the first launch and recovery of the fighter on board the warship on Jan. 11.
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Category: Marines
USMC AH-1Z emergency landing in Japan
A USMC AH-1Z BuNo. 169503 from VMM-265 (Rein) was forced to make an emergency landing at a helipad on Tonaki Island on Jan. 13.
AH-1Z made hard landing just outside Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
A AH-1Z attack helicopter assigned to HMLA-773 made a hard landing in an open field outside the fence line of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Jan. 6.
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CH-53K conducted first over-the-horizon heavy lift and troop transport ship-to-shore ops
In a test over the Atlantic Ocean last month, the CH-53K conducted over-the-horizon heavy lift and troop transport ship-to-shore operations for the first time from USS Iwo Jima.
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RoK Marine Corps stands up Aircraft Group
The Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) stood up its Marine Aircraft Group on Dec. 1.
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