F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter

04/10/2013
04/10/2013: Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 conducted its first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Short Take Off, Vertical Landing operations aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. at approximately 8:45 a.m. March 21. This was also the first dual flight of VMFA-121 F-35B aircraft.  F-35 test pilot Maj. Richard Rusnok…

Hawaii F-22 Squadrons Launch Record Number of Sorties

04/09/2013
04/09/2013: F-22’s flown by the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 199th Fighter Squadron and the active duty Air Force’s 19th Fighter Squadron take off during an early morning 14-ship sortie rotation. The squadrons launched and recovered a record number of sorties which is the most executed by these squadrons on a…

Marines Train for Breaching, Demolition Operations

04/07/2013
04/07/2013: Marines with Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group trained for door breaching and demolition operations at a range aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 18, 2013. The Marines utilized shotguns and various explosive devices throughout the training.  Credit:2nd Marine Logistics Group:1/18/13

The First F-35B Night Flight

04/05/2013
April 3, 2013 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - An F-35B Lightning II completed the first short takeoff and vertical landing during a test mission at night to expand the flight envelope and deliver capability to the warfighter. Marine Corps test pilot Maj. C.R. Clift conducted the flight April 2 to gather…

Marines Practice Counter Ambush Maneuver

04/02/2013
04/02/2013: U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct small arms tactics with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2013, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Jan. 24, 2013. During Iron Fist 2013, the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Western…

USMC Conducts Training Exchange with JGSDF, Part 2

03/30/2013
03/30/2013: U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct live-fire training with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2013, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Jan. 24, 2013.  During Iron Fist 2013, the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Western Army…

USMC Conducts Training Exchange with JGSDF, Part 1

03/27/2013
03/27/2013: U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct live-fire training with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2013, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Jan. 24, 2013. Credit Video:13th Marine Expeditionary Unit:1/24/13