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CO of VMFA-225 fired for making low-level pass during sundown ceremony

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The commanding officer of VMFA-225 has been fired for making a low-level flypast during the unit’s sundown ceremony of the F/A-18D on Jan. 23.

Marines and families of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 225, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, watch as the F/A-18 Hornet and F-35 Lightning II fly overhead during a Sundown Ceremony on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 25, 2019. VMFA-225 held the Sundown Ceremony to retire the Hornet from their ranks and introduce the F-35B Lightning II as their new aircraft. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Levi J. Guerra)

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The first F-35 pilot to clock 1,000 hours on the jet

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Lt. Col. Brian W. Bann, a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B pilot, is the first person to clock more than 1,000 hours on the jet.

Maj. Brian Bann, F-35 pilot, prepares to exit a Norwegian F-35 Lightning II, June 29, 2017 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. Maj. Bann piloted Norway’s seventh F-35 to Luke. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jensen Stidham)

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Pentagon replacing ALIS with ODIN

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The Pentagon will go ahead with replacing the buggy Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) for the F-35 with the new Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN) from Lockheed Martin.

Senior Airman Nikolas Kinder, 61st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron assistant dedicated crew chief, performs preflight inspections on an F-35A Lightning II jet on the flightline at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. Aug. 22, 2014. Preflight inspections are conducted late in the evening to early in the morning to ensure the jet is ready for flight during the day. There are three shifts to include; day-shift, swing-shift, and mid-shift, who perform specific responsibilities which lead to overall mission success.

Photo by Staff Sgt. LAUSANNE KINDER
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Telephonics says it was MOSAIC AESA that won 1st prize in MUX AEW payload competition

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The U.S. Navy’s Marine Air/Ground Task Force, Unmanned Aerial System, Expeditionary (MUX) Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Payload prize was won by Telephonics and the company announced on Jan. 14 that it had pitched its MOSAIC Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) based radar for the competition.


Photo: Telephonics
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