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VMAT-203 sundown ceremony today

Posted on October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 by alert5

VMAT-203 will hold a sundown ceremony at MCAS Cherry Point today. It is the only active unit to train pilots to fly the AV-8B for the U.S. Marine Corps.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. John P. Nichol, a student replacement pilot with Marine Assault Training Squadron 203 (VMAT-203), conducts a vertical landing with a TAV8-B Harrier Aircraft during Operation Angry Birds at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., May 13, 2014. VMAT-203 conducted the operation to provide flight time to students becoming certified harrier pilots. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Austin A. Lewis/Released)

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MCAS Miramar will soon have a F-35B training squadron

Posted on October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 by alert5

MCAS Miramar will soon have a squadron of F-35Bs to train pilots on how to fly the STOVL fighter.

A F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 taxis down the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, August 7. Two F-35s from the squadron landed to refuel before heading back to MCAS Yuma to complete their flight.

Photo by Sgt. Isaac Lamberth
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USN wants Auto-GCAS on the F/A-18C/D

Posted on October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 by alert5

The U.S. Navy has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the procurement and upgrade of the F/A-18C/D Flight Control Computer (FCC) Operational Flight Program (OFP) with Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) capable software.