An unmanned aircraft system, the RQ-21A “Blackjack,” assigned to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3, conducts its final flight, Landing Zone Westfield, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, May 24, 2022. U.S. Marines with VMU-3 conducted the RQ-21A “Blackjack” final flight to recognize its four years of…

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper, assigned to the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing lands on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, August 22, 2023. The landing of this particular MQ-9, a remotely piloted aircraft, marks the first time that an Air Force MQ-9 has landed on the Marine Corps…

F-35B Lightning II aircraft attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 conduct flight operations on the flight deck aboard amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), April 2. VMFA-211 is embarked aboard Tripoli as part of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Lightning carrier concept demonstration. The Lightning carrier concept demonstration…

US Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 flying F-35B Lightning II’s conduct routine operations aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth while she conducts a double replenishment with RFA Tidespring and HNLMS Evertsen in the South China Sea on 29 July, 2021. VMFA-211 is attached to the United Kingdom’s Carrier Strike Group…

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) is advancing lethality and the combat capabilities of unmanned surface vehicles during Exercise Digital Talon in the international waters surrounding the Arabian Peninsula, Oct. 23. During the exercise, NAVCENT’s Task Force 59, the Navy’s first Unmanned and Artificial Intelligence Task Force, demonstrated the ability…

U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, conduct maintenance on UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper helicopters during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 28, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and enlisted aircrew providing…

A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules aircraft, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, conduct pre-flight checks and air-drop cargo during Weapons and Tactics Instructor course (WTI) 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 6, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and…

U.S. Marines, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, conduct an air delivery ground refueling operation on F/A-18 Hornet aircrafts during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 17, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and…