A Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey (bureau number 165844) crashed in Morocco on April 11, killing two U.S. Marines and injuring two more severely.
The tilt-rotor aircraft was deployed as part …
The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) was one of the first branches to see the military potential of rotary-wing aircraft, including putting helicopters on ships for the first time during the …
In Hollywood, the Marine Corps is a combination of ground warriors carried into battle by ships and helicopters. In the real world, while every Marine, regardless of job, is a …
The U.S. Marine Corps has been perhaps the fastest and most enthusiastic adopter of all forms of aviation in the past century, from rotary- and fixed-wing to carrier-based, from short …
Navy and Marine Corps aviation have been closely linked since Lt. Alfred Cunningham was designated Naval Aviator No. 5 in the summer of 1912. His arrival at Annapolis, Md., for …
The U.S. Marine Corps has been an integral part of naval aviation from its earliest days. The first Marine aviator, then-1st Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham, reported to the aviation camp …
Many Marines in the past earned the Naval Aviation Observer Badge, a set of wings worn on the uniform breast by aircrew members who are neither pilots nor navigators. Now, …
New details have emerged about plans for the “mix” of F-35B and F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) that the U. S. Marine Corps will operate. At the same …
In June, the Marine Corps released its Marine Operations Concept 2010, a document written by the staff of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command that explains how the USMC must …
As the second decade of the new millennium commences, Marine Corps rotary-wing forces are beginning to more broadly reap the benefits of helicopter and vertical lift aircraft upgrade/replacement programs begun …
