USMC

Unit simulates a mission on a nonoperational F-35 airframe.

No one was injured in the 2023 crash, but the $100 million aircraft was completely destroyed.

Three Marines, including both of the aircraft’s pilots and a corporal who attempted to save them, were killed in the accident.

Gentry said he chose drones after graduation 10 years ago because they were the ‘most deployed’ units.

The Marine Corps paid a little less than $1.5 million each for the Cold War speedsters, which will now be used as adversarial training aircraft.

The test flight of the autonomous, low-cost tactical UAV marks a milestone for the service’s aviation modernization strategy.

The Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopter was on a training flight when it went down late Tuesday in a remote area in Southern California.

The heavy-lift helicopter en route to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, was reported “overdue.”

While the cause of the accident remains unknown, military investigators suspect a potential materiel failure played a part.

Salvage teams used inflatable roller bags during the operation to pull the maritime reconnaissance aircraft onto the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay.