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Fast jet training at MCAS Yuma hampered by limited training areas and weapons availability

Posted on April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 by alert5

A formerly secret Pentagon report says USMC fast jet pilots training at MCAS Yuma are unable to “train as they would fight.”

U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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USS Wasp seen operating near Scarborough Shoal

Posted on April 9, 2019 by alert5

VMFA-232 tests M31 Expeditionary Arresting Gear System at Clark Air Base, Philippines

Posted on April 6, 2019April 6, 2019 by alert5

A U.S. Marine Corps F/A 18C Hornet with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 tests an M31 Expeditionary Arresting Gear System at Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 2, 2019, during Exercise Balikatan. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the U.S. and the Philippines and comes from a Tagalog phrase meaning “shoulder-to-shoulder,” representing the partnership between the two countries. The exercise promotes regional security and humanitarian efforts for U.S. allies and partners. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Harmon)

VMFA-314 will be the second F-35C squadron to deploy at sea

Posted on April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 by alert5

The U.S. Marine Corps is on schedule to deploy a F-35C squadron aboard an aircraft carrier and will accelerate the purchase of F-35Cs in order to ensure that units earmarked to receive the carrier-borne variant meet their planned transition and deployment deadlines.

USMC employee from VMFA-314 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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USMC might operate F-35B from Dokdo-class LPH

Posted on April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 by alert5

Lt. Gen. Lewis Craparotta, the commander of the U.S. Marine Forces Pacific, has hinted that his service might land the F-35B on board the Dokdo-class Landing Platform Helicopter (LPH) amphibious assault ships operated by the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN).

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