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…
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake We all know what tunnel vision is. But what is necessary for successful adaptation of a military in a dynamic situation is to be able to do trajectory vision. In other words, the ability to adapt but to do so with an eye on…
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, load a Marine Corps Expeditionary Arresting Gear System inside a KC-130J Hercules during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 2, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and…
By Robbin Laird In a visit to Quantico, I had a chance to talk with LtGen Karsten Heckl, who serves as the Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, and the Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration. I first met him when he was Assistant Deputy Commandant for Aviation,…
