Sikorsky is on schedule to fly the new VH-92A Marine One helicopter by spring of 2017, the officer in charge of the presidential helicopters program office disclosed.
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Flight trials of MV-22B aboard USS Carl Vinson
The U.S. Navy took a MV-22 from VMX-1 aboard aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson for flight trials on Jun. 12 as the service prepares itself for the eventual induction of the CMV-22B.
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By MC3 Peter Burghart [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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HMLA-773 departing Robins Air Force Base for good
A deactivation ceremony will be held at Robins Air Force Base on Jun. 16 for HMLA-773. After spending six years at the base in Georgia, the USMC’s only Reserve Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron will be moving to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.
U.S. Air Force photo by Ed Aspera
USMC bringing 30 Hornets out from boneyard
Delays with the F-35 program has forced the U.S. Marine Corps to bring 30 legacy Hornets out from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) facility at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base to cover shortfalls, Jane’s reported.
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Iwakuni Hornets at Eielson AFB for RF-A 16-2
VMFA (AW)-242 and VMFA-314 deployed their F/A-18s and Marines from MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, to participate in exercise Red Flag-Alaska 16-2.
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