Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

The Marines also see what is called Future Attack Strike as addressing demands that will arise when the F/A-18C/D Hornet is finally retired.

U.S. Marines conduct an MV-22B Osprey aircraft tail gunnery certification during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-20 inside Shade Tree Range, California on October 8, 2019. WTI is a seven ...

The U.S. Marine Corps is preparing to plug an experimental “digital brain” into its YFQ‑42A wingman drone, turning an Avenger‑based airframe into a testbed for advanced autonomy. Backed by money in ...

An F-35C Lightning II assigned to VMFA-314 takes off from MCAS Miramar, California. The USMC is set to purchase more F-35Cs than previously planned. (3rd Marine Aircraft Wing) The US Marine Corps ...

Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), as a term, began as a U.S. Air Force program, but the U.S. Marine Corps may try to field its own version of the concept first. The release of the 2025 Marine Corps ...

Osprey squadrons based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, shown here in 2023, were among those cut as part of the Marine Corps' 2025 aviation strategy. (Hiro Komae/AP) The U.S. Marine Corps ...

The Marine Corps has big plans in 2026 to advance toward fielding a drone wingman to collaborate with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. On Tuesday, the Corps released its 2026 Aviation Plan, outlining ...

PRECISION KILL: The U.S. Marine Corps has completed its operational assessment of BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS), scoring eight direct hits in eight shots over two weeks.

The Marine Corps’ newest Aviation Plan underscored the importance of new sensors to be installed on the V-22 Osprey to better predict when parts need to be replaced to avoid previous incidents. The ...