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F-35B Conducts Sloped Surface Vertical Landing

Raytheon Demonstrates Land-Based Expeditionary Version of its Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS)

April 9, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments F-35B Lightning II, Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS), Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Raytheon, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), U.S. Navy (USN), USA

Earlier this year, Raytheon demonstrated a land-based expeditionary version of its Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS ) for

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Bell AH-1Z Viper

Two Pilots Killed in U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopter Crash in Arizona

March 31, 2019April 14, 2019 DP Staff Writer 1 Comment Accidents/ Crashes, Attack helicopter, Bell AH-1Z Viper, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), USA

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter has crashed in the vicinity of Yuma, Arizona, at approximately 8:45 p.m.

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VMFA-122 Conducts First Flight as a F-35B Lightning II Squadron

USMC VMFA-122 Conducts First Flight Operations in F-35B Lightning II Stealth Jet

April 3, 2018March 1, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments F-35B Lightning II, Fifth-generation jet fighter, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), USA

The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 (VMFA-122), “The Flying Leathernecks,” conducted their first flight operations in

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