Refueling F-35B Over South China Sea

05/13/2019
An F-35B Lightning II attack jet flies alongside a KC-130J tanker aircraft attached to a refueling drogue during an aerial refueling mission above the East China Sea, Oct. 23, 2018. The F-35B belongs to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121) and the KC-130J belongs to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron…

F-35 Distributed STOVL Operations

05/10/2019
A short video compilation showing U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft conducting distributed short take-off and vertical landing operations to simultaneously re-arm and refuel from KC-130J Hercules aircraft, as well as re-arm and refuel with MV-22B Osprey aircraft, at Laguna Army Airfield, Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. This training was…

Osprey Cold Weather Training

05/05/2019
A U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 conduct flight familiarization over Fort McCoy, Wis. during Ullr Shield, Jan. 19, 2018. Ullr Shield is a training exercise designed to improve 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s capabilities in extreme cold weather environments. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Paige Stade)

C-17 Demo at Beaufort Air Show, 2019

05/04/2019
Maj. Adam Schubert, a C-17 Pilot with 437th Airlift Wing, 15th Airlift Squadron shares what to expect from the C-17 demonstration at the 2019 MCAS Beaufort Air Show, 17 April, 2019. The Beaufort Air Show is one of the premiere community relations events put on by the air station to…

Exercise Bersama Lima 2018

05/01/2019
Defence Personnel from Singapore, Malaysia, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia participated in Exercise Bersama Lima 2018. The personnel formed part of the air planning component which contributed to the Five Power Defence Arrangements combined joint exercise. Bersama Lima 2018 was staged in Malaysia and Singapore from 1 – 19…

MCAS Beaufort Air Show, 2019: A Photo Overview

04/30/2019
In these photos credited to the USMC, the variety of aerial displays is highlighted. According to a story published on Military.Com on April 30, 2019 and written by Oriana Pawlyk, the F-35B performance was highlighted: The Marine Corps’ F-35B stealth fighter performed 12 different maneuvers over the weekend during the…