Aviation News
North Korea’s launch of four Scud-ER ballistic missiles simulutaneously on Mar. 6 was a rehearsal for a potential nuclear strike against Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Japan, Jeffrey Lewis of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies said.
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Capt. Tomohiro Sato of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force is currently undergoing conversion training at VMMT-204. Sato will be the first Japanese MV-22 Osprey instructor pilot when the aircraft is introduced to the Japanese military next year.
The U.S. Marine Corps has decided that VMFA-122 will be the next in line after VMA-211 to transition to the F-35B instead of VMA-311.
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The first two pilots to go direct from flight school to the F-35 conversion course will be graduating at the end of February.
Photo: USMC
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By late 2019, the U.S. Marine Corps is expected to declare initial operational capability for the V-22 Aerial Refuelling System (VARS), starting with four Ospreys.
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