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After arriving at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan in January next year, VMFA-121 will prepare for the F-35B’s first at sea deployment in 2018 aboard Sasebo-based USS Bonhomme Richard.
By U.S. Navy Photo By Mass Communication Specialist First Class Tommy Lamkin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has successfully employed 3-D printing technology to fabricate a flight critical aircraft component and flew it on board an aircraft.
PATUXENT RIVER NAVAL AIR STATION, Md. (July 28, 2016) An MV-22B Osprey equipped with a 3-D printed titanium link and fitting inside an engine nacelle maintains a hover during a July 29 demonstration at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md. The flight marked Naval Air System Command’s first successful flight demonstration of a flight critical aircraft component built using additive manufacturing techniques. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
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The Third Marine Aircraft Wing has identified Maj. Richard Norton, a pilot with VMFA-232, as the person killed in a F/A-18C crash on Jul. 28 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California.
Photo: U.S. Marine Corps
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Marine Aircraft Group 12 from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan deployed Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122, Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 and other elements to Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, Jul. 22 to participate in Exercise Pitch Black 2016.
