Aviation News
The U.S. Marine Corps has placed an order for nine AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) AESA air defense radar systems.
A large-scale exercise in Guam that involves MV-22Bs station in Okinawa will take place this month. Ashahi Shimbu reports that Tokyo will pay $6.76 million to have the drills conducted outside its territory.
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A press release by the U.S. Marine Corps says the F-35B detachment with VMX-1 next assignment is to test how the jet will integrate with the Navy’s Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA) sensor network.
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Head of U.S. Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, told reporters that USS Essex and USS Wasp will be deploying to the Middle East next year and both ships will have the F-35B aboard.
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The U.S. Marine Corps latest fighter will go for ship-borne testing aboard the Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship, USS America, this October.
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