USMC
Sikorsky delivers first Connecticut-built CH-53K to the USMC
The first CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift transport helicopter to be built at Sikorsky's facility in Stratford, Connecticut, has been delivered to the USMC
USMC’s Harvest HAWK+ achieves full operational capability
US Naval Air Systems Command has revealed that the USMC’s Harvest HAWK+-configured Lockheed Martin KC-130J Hercules has achieved full operational capability
IN PICTURES: Inside Exercise Northern Lightning 2021
We caught some of the action in Exercise Northern Lightning, held once again at Volk Air National Guard Base in Wisconsin from August 9-20
CH-53K recovers MH-60S in first fleet mission success
A Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift transport helicopter was used to successfully recover a damaged US Navy-operated MH-60S Knighthawk from Mount Hogue in the White Mountains of California on September 5
CSG21: VMFA-211 F-35Bs conduct cross-deck training with USS America
Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning IIs assigned to the USMC's VMFA-211 'Wake Island Avengers' conducted a first-of-its-kind operation on August 20, when the fifth-generation multi-role stealth fighters launched from the HMS Queen Elizabeth and landed aboard the USS America, to load ordnance, refuel and strike follow-on objectives
EXCLUSIVE: HMS Queen Elizabeth’s Commander Air Wing talks from the Philippine Sea
Around three months into its first operational deployment, the UK Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), and the wider Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21) have conducted a combined total of 2,700 hours from 32 fixed- and rotary wing aircraft
3rd MAW trains for modern island hopping campaign
Aircraft and personnel from the USMC’s 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing have participated in an island hopping campaign as part of advanced naval base training, which was conducted during Exercise Summer Fury 21
USMC F-35Bs damaged in lightning strike over Japan
A pair of USMC-operated Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning IIs have been damaged after the two fifth-generation multi-role stealth fighters were recently struck by lightning in the vicinity of Makurazaki, Japan
CSG21: Embarked F-35B fighters have 80% availability
The combined UK and US F-35B air wing embarked on HMS Queen Elizabeth as part of the Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment has an 80% availability rate, however sustainment questions continue to surround the US-led stealth fighter programme
USMC starts divesting RQ-21A Blackjack UAVs
As part of the radical re-organisation of the USMC under the Force Design 2030 programme, the service has retired its first two Boeing Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack UAVs