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#StallionSaturday

Posted on April 25, 2020April 22, 2020 by alert5

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a funnel-shaped drogue towed behind a KC-130J during aerial refueling wake testing over the Chesapeake Bay. Photo by Erik Hildebrandt.

VMFA-121 received new F-35Bs

Posted on April 24, 2020April 23, 2020 by alert5

Eight F-35Bs which are less than a year-go each have been delivered by VMFA-122 and VMFA-211 to VMFA-121 at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.

Senior Airman John Linzmeier / Public domain
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VMU-1 has flown its first operational MQ-9 mission over Middle East

Posted on April 17, 2020 by alert5

On Mar. 20, a U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) crew from VMU-1 took control of a General Atomics Company Owned/Company Operated (COCO) MQ-9A over the Middle East for an operational mission for the first time.

Marine Unmanned Aerial Squadron 1 / Public domain
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Missing man flyover for 20th anniversary of Marana MV-22 crash

Posted on April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 by alert5

The memorial service for the 20th anniversary of the Marana MV-22 crash will be held on Apr. 11. Arizona Scorpions Formation Flying Team will be performing a missing man flyover at the service.

English: R. D. Ward / Public domain
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Pentagon orders 78 F-35s

Posted on April 2, 2020 by alert5

The Pentagon has placed an order worth $4.7 billion with Lockheed Martin for 78 F-35 fighters.

JOTT, F-35 Five Ship behind tanker, 1 F-35C, 2 F-35B, & 2 F-35A, Edwards AFB, Ca., 20 September 2019

Photo: Darin Russell, Lockheed Martin
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