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.

"There's no question that the extended deployment, the material degradations and so forth, are going to have that kind of ...

A Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie, left, conducts a test flight with two Air Force F-35A Lightning II. (Master Sgt. John McRell/U.S. Air Force) The Marine Corps recently notched a series of aviation ...

Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, refuels at Gwangju Air Base, South Korea. (Cpl. Chloe ...

Lance Cpl. Austin Gardner, left, a fixed-wing aircraft mechanic, signals to Capt. Daniel Park before takeoff from Kadena Air Base, April 4, 2025. (Cpl. Chloe Johnson/Marine Corps) NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.

The JASSM validation and verification process on the F/A-18 allowed Marines to generate feedback which will inform the development of checklists to be used by both the Marine Corps and the Navy ...

Off-duty motorcycle crashes accounted for the largest number of fatalities, and the Navy reported its highest count of ...

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, ...

The F-35 program has a big problem in not being mission-ready enough of the time, and the problem is getting worse with the F-35B. The United States Department of Defense announced that as part of the ...

Compilation video displaying the six functions of Marine Aviation that are conducted during Weapons and Tactics Instructor courses held at Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, Marine ...

The Marine who was killed in an aviation ground mishap on Tuesday at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton has been identified as Cpl. Miguel A. Maya, Corps officials announced on Friday. Maya ...

John McClelland “Jack” Elliott, a historian and Marine aviation veteran who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, had a dry wit that kept people laughing, said Annette Amerman, his closest friend ...