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The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) is planning to hold drills with the U.S. Marine Corps in Hokkaido this month from the 10th till 28th.
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American F-15Cs and F/A-18s based in Japan have traveled to other air bases in the country to exercise with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force this month.
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A U.S. Marine maintainer died several days after lightning struck the MV-22 he was working on at MCAS New River. Another Marine suffered injuries.
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More details have emerged on the crash of a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130T into a soybean field in Mississippi on Jul. 10. The aircraft, BuNo. 16500, suffered an emergency at cruise altitude, said Brig. Gen. Bradley S. James, commander of the Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve.
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Red Flag 17-3 starts today and runs till Jul. 28. For this U.S.-only iteration, the F-35A from the Air Force and F-35B from the Marine Corps will be participating together for the first time.
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