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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. — Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, received its first F-35B Lightning II jet at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, May 31. VMFA-542 is the Marine Corps’ first East Coast operational F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter squadron. The arrival of […]
Gleb Garanich/Reuters Destroyed Russian drones near the town of Borispil, Kyiv region, Ukraine May 10, 2023. CNN — The US believes that an attack drone manufacturing plant . . .
The Defence Minister of Afghanistan claims that the country has repaired two more military helicopters – one Russian and one American. These include a Russian Mi-17 helicopter and an American UH60 Black Hawk chopper. A tweet by the Afghan Ministry of Defence says: “As a result of continuous efforts of the technical team of the […]
WASHINGTON — The main air defense system at a coalition military base in northeast Syria was “not fully operational” when a suspected Iranian drone hit the installation on Thursday, killing a U.S. contractor and injuring six other Americans, two U.S. officials said on Friday. It was unclear why the system was not fully operational and […]
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — The 53rd Wing partnered with the 57th Maintenance Group, U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Nevada Air National Guard, U.S. Air Force Reserves, and others to conduct Exercise Black Flag 22-2, in September 2022. Nested under the Air Force’s test flag enterprise, Black Flag’s main objective is […]
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