Northrop Grumman’s AN/AAQ-37 distributed aperture system (DAS) and AN/APG-81 radar recently demonstrated the ability to detect, track and target ballistic missiles.
Category: Marines
Second-generation MV-22 Osprey pilot
1st Lt. Jerrod Hammes from the U.S. Marine Corps is the first second-generation MV-22 pilot. His father, Gerald Hammes, was the second Marine to pilot the V-22 prototype in 1990.
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MV-22 low-level training routes in Japan revealed
The U.S. Marine Corps plans to fly the MV-22 from Okinawa to six different training routes. Two will take place over the Tohoku region while the other four are over Shinetsu, Shikoku, Kyushu and the Amami island chain.
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Veterans claimed Agent Orange was buried at MCAS Futenma, Japan
More than 30 U.S. military veterans have claimed that Agent Orange was buried at MCAS Futenma, Japan.
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First asymmetric weapons load test for F-35B
F-35B, BF-2, completed the first asymmetric weapons load test flight on Jun. 14 with an AIM-9X Sidewinder inert missile on the starboard pylon, a centerline 25 mm gun pod, and a GBU-32 and AIM-120 in the starboard weapon bay.
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