Story by CPL. Jada Venegas, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona – MCAS Yuma welcomed its inaugural fleet of CH-53K King Stallion helicopters, June 7, 2024. The CH-53K arriving to…
Naval Air System, PAX River. — NAVAIR returns the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor to flight, this status is effective from March 8, 2024 at 7 a.m. EST. Naval Air Systems Command is issuing the flight clearance…
Story by Maj. Natalie Batcheler, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing MCAS Miramar — The Marines and Sailors of HMLA-169 (Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169) «Vipers» and HMH-462 (Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462) «Heavy Haulers», 3rd…
Story by Cpl. Daniel Childs, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – In a demonstration of Marines evolving joint capabilities they demonstrated the compatibility of the MUOS (Mobile User Objective System)…
Story by 2nd Lt. Madison Walls, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK, California — U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron (HMLAT) 303 provided aerial support to a multiagency operation in…
Story by 1st Lt, Anne Pentaleri, 3rd Marine Division In the summer of 2020, Gen. David H. Berger, ret., introduced the Marine Corps to Force Design 2030, a 10-year plan to prepare the force to…
Story by 2nd Lt. Andrew Baez, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing SAN DIEGO — U.S. Marines and Coast Guard joined forces to perform a SAREX (Search And Rescue EXercise) off the San Diego coast, September 29,…
STRATFORD, Conn., Aug. 24, 2023 – The U.S. Navy awarded Sikorsky with a contract to build 35 more CH-53K King Stallion helicopters. The contract is value in $2.7 billion and is the largest procurement to date…
Based on Ministry of Defense Czech Republic (26 July 2023) by Captain Jindřiška Budiková. The 22nd Czech Air Force Base received the first two Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters on July 26, 2023, onboard a…
FORT WORTH, Texas – The current Bell H-1 fleet of AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters reached a major milestone by surpassing the 500K flight hours mark from nearly 400 AH-1Z and UH-1Y helicopters, built…