The Pentagon has brought forward a plan to install the automatic ground collision avoidance software on the F-35.
By MSgt Donald Allen [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Category: Marines
CO of VMM-265 fired
Marine Corps Times reported that the commanding officer of VMM-265 was fired by Brig. Gen. Thomas Weidley, the commanding officer of the 1st Marine Air Wing on Jan. 26.
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By Marines from Arlington, VA, United States Lance Cpl. Amy Phan/31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (Triple Threat) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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USMC AH-1Z precautionary landing in Okinawa; 3rd such incident in a month
A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z attack helicopter was forced to make a precautionary landing in Tonaki Village, Okinawa on Jan. 23. This is the third such incident involving a USMC helicopter in Okinawa prefecture.
USMC operating F-35B on sloped landing pads
The U.S. Marine Corps has constructed sloped landing pads of various gradients at MCALF Bogue in order to gauge how the F-35B performs on such surfaces.
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Surplus USMC AH-1Ws up for sale
The U.S. government intends to sell away surplus AH-1W attack helicopters used by the Marine Corps via the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) or Direct Commercial Sale (DCS) route, Jane’s reports.
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