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MCAS Miramar will soon have a F-35B training squadron

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MCAS Miramar will soon have a squadron of F-35Bs to train pilots on how to fly the STOVL fighter.

A F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 taxis down the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, August 7. Two F-35s from the squadron landed to refuel before heading back to MCAS Yuma to complete their flight.

Photo by Sgt. Isaac Lamberth
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VMFA-112 practice flight ops with live AIM-9X, AIM-120 and AGM-84D

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A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 112 – Marine Aircraft Group 41 – 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 19, 2021. VMFA-112 is in Japan for a six-month cycle as part of the Unit Deployment Program, where they are helping maintain peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Booker T. Thomas III)

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Philippines is looking at acquiring heavy-lift helicopters

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The Philippine Air Force is looking at acquiring heavy-lift helicopters and the technical working groups within the service are carrying out studies.

A CH-47 Chinook from B Co “Big Windy,” 1-214th General Support Aviation Battalion spins up for an evening training flight just after a storm clears on Oct. 6 at Katterbach Army Airfield.
Pilots: Cpt. Hooker, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rall
Crew: Sgt. Austin, Spc. Hall
(U.S. Army photo by Maj. Robert Fellingham)

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