Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, watch as MV-22B Ospreys take off from the flight deck of the USS Makin Island during Amphibious Squadron ...

The U.S. Marine Corps is shifting its F-35 purchase plans to buy more carrier-based F-35Cs and fewer F-35Bs, which can hover and vertically land. (Cpl. Christopher R. Lape/U.S. Marine Corps) The U.S.

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On the occasion of the recent airshow at MCAS Yuma, we had the opportunity to interview the Commander of Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1. After a three-month winter break, ...

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to remove an engine from an MV-22 Osprey on the USS Makin Island (LHD 8) Dec. 27, 2016. US ...

The purpose of the Marine Corps’ unmanned aerial vehicle squadrons (called VMUs, with “V” meaning fixed-wing, “M” meaning Marines, and “U” meaning unmanned) is to provide an organic “unblinking eye” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about national security, especially its business dimensions. This article is more than 7 years old. During the two ...

THE PENTAGON – The Marine Corps is tackling the little problems that combine to create major burdens on the aviation maintenance community, the deputy commandant for aviation told reporters today.

Last month’s release of the 2016 Marine Corps Aviation Plan highlighted the service’s struggles to keep its planes flying and its pilots trained. Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, the deputy commandant for aviation ...

The commander of a West Coast-based aviation logistics squadron was removed from his post on Friday due to dissatisfaction with his performance, according to an announcement from 3rd Marine Aircraft ...

The Navy and Marine Corps are pleased to announce that, for the first time in nearly a century of United States naval aviation, the services have collectively managed to not lose any pilots in the ...

Lt. Gen. Jon "Dog" Davis will retire this month after presiding over one of the bumpiest eras of Marine Corps aviation in recent history. During his tenure as the Corps' deputy commandant of aviation, ...