U.S. Marine Corps

US Navy P-8A Poseidon splashes in Kaneohe Bay after Overshooting Hawaiian Runway. Crew Safe.

US Navy P-8A Poseidon splashes in Kaneohe Bay after Overshooting Hawaiian Runway. Crew Safe.

US Navy P-8A Poseidon in Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay According to US Marine Corps (USMC) officials a US Navy P-8A Poseidon… Read More

2 weeks ago

45 Years of F/A-18 Legacy Hornet, the US Navy’s first multirole aircraft

45 Years of F/A-18 Legacy Hornet Born out of necessity and innovation, the US Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet introduced a level… Read More

3 weeks ago

The story of “Lulubelle,” Pappy Boyington’s F4U Corsair Nose Art that Never was

Pappy Boyington and Lulubelle Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (ret.), USMC was the "bad boy" hero of World War II that… Read More

4 weeks ago

US Navy Operations Specialist explains why the F-35’s F135 engine is better than F-22’s F119 (but not in every way)

The Pratt & Whitney F135 engine The Pratt & Whitney F135 engine (that powers all three variants of the F-35… Read More

4 weeks ago

F-35B Lightning II Performs First Night shipborne rolling vertical landing Aboard HMS Prince of Wales

F-35B first night shipborne rolling vertical landing aboard HMS Prince of Wales An F-35 Lightning II test pilot performed the… Read More

1 month ago

F-35 Lightning II moves closer to full-rate production after successful Joint Simulation Environment testing

F-35 Lightning II closer to full-rate production thanks to JSE The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center at Kirtland… Read More

1 month ago

The story of the USMC EF-10B aircrew that penetrated Cuban airspace and the Skyknight ELINT missions flown during the Cuban Missile Crisis

USMC EF-10B Skyknight over Cuba. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev escalated the military build up of Cuba from April 1962 with… Read More

2 months ago

[Video] VMFAT-101 F/A-18 Hornets “Fly the Barn” 18 Ship Formation to honor SharpShooters legacy on the day of the Squadron Deactivation

VMFAT-101 SharpShooters F/A-18 Hornets Formation for the Squadron Deactivation The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) deactivated Marine Fighter Attack Training… Read More

2 months ago

USMC F/A-18 pilots explain how they successfully located downed civilian aircraft that led emergency response personnel to provide medical assistance to the injured

‘Once Lt.Col. Christopher Baker located him, I remained up high to act as a radio relay with Fort Worth Center… Read More

2 months ago

USAF Avionics Specialist explains why the US Military struggled to find Missing F-35 Crash Site

‘The F-35B airframe worked as advertised. There were and is no mythical master signal that all aircraft have when they… Read More

2 months ago

The Argentine Air Force may buy surplus CH-46 Sea Knight medium-lift helicopter stored at 309 AMARG

CH-46 helicopters for Argentine Air Force? The Argentine Air Force may give new life to the Boeing CH-46 medium-lift helicopter,… Read More

2 months ago

Vietnam could buy the F-16 Block 70/72, the newest and most advanced Viper production configuration

Vietnam could buy the F-16 Block 70/72 In a deal that could irk China and sideline Russia, the Biden administration… Read More

2 months ago

USMC AH-1W and UH-1Y crews who were able to take off during the Taliban attack on Camp Bastion recall providing CAS to the airfield defenders

‘Usually, we respond to TICs for other units. However, everyone acted instinctively, got to the aircraft and got the alert… Read More

3 months ago

That time a Marine landed his AH-1W Attack Helicopter at Ball Field to retrieve Cell Phone he left at local Restaurant

The AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter landed at the town athletic fields to retrieve a cell phone one of the… Read More

3 months ago

Czech Air Force receives first AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters

By mid-September, the Czech Air Force will receive four more machines: two AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters and the first two… Read More

4 months ago

Did you know the USAF F-4 Phantom II variant had to be designated the F-110 Spectre? The Century Series Fighter that Never Was

In 1962 approval was given for the USAF F-4 Phantom II variant to be designated the F-110 Spectre. In response… Read More

5 months ago