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VMAF-314’s F-35Cs will be going home to MCAS Miramar next week

Posted on January 15, 2020 by alert5

F-35Cs assigned to VMFA-314 will leave NAS Lemore for MCAS Miramar next week. They are expected to arrive home on Jan. 21.

U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Darin Russell [Public domain]

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The F-35 now has multi-ship Infrared Search and Track capability

Posted on January 7, 2020 by alert5

In a press release by Edwards Air Force Base, which covers the achievements made by the F-35 Integrated Test Force in 2019, it was disclosed that the test team had tested the multi-ship Infrared Search and Track capability.

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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How the Marine Corps Failed Squadron 242

Posted on December 31, 2019December 31, 2019 by alert5

ProPublica investigates the fatal crash of a F/A-18D and a KC-130J off Japan last year and found that problems that were identified at VMFA(AW)-242 persists.