Jan. 22, 2025 | By Matthew Olay, DoD News The Defense Department is sending 1,500 active-duty service members and additional air and intelligence assets to the southern border to augment troops already conducting enforcement operations in that region, Acting Secretary of Defense…
VMFA-251 Reactivated as Marine Corps’ First East Coast-Based F-35C Lightning II Squadron
From the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 251, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), reactivated during a ceremony on Thursday aboard Marine Corps Air…
Northrop Grumman Modernizes LITENING Secure Data Links for US Marine Corps Aircraft
Updated data link is the first to incorporate the BE-CDL waveform, which enables faster communications From Northrop Grumman ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. – Dec. 5, 2024 –Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been selected by the U.S. Marine Corps to provide…
USS Wasp Amphibious Ready Group Returning from Deployment
From Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command The USS Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, consisting of warships USS Wasp (LHD 1), USS New York (LPD 21), and USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), is scheduled to return to Hampton Roads on Dec. 6…
FRCE Marks 150th F-35 Induction
From Fleet Readiness Center East, Dec. 2, 2024 MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. — Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) marked a milestone in its support of the F-35 Lightning II program when the depot recently inducted and completed…
Gulfstream Again Selected for C-20, C-37 Fleet Support
Gulfstream Special Missions Awarded Significant Contract to Service U.S. Military Aircraft From Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. SAVANNAH, Ga., November 22, 2024 — Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), has been awarded a contractor logistics support services (CLS)…
HII Hosts Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith at Ingalls Shipbuilding
PASCAGOULA, Miss., Nov. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division welcomed Gen. Eric Smith, the 39th commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, for an official visit to the shipyard on Wednesday. During his visit, Smith met…
Marine Squadron Circles Globe, Aiding International Mission in Africa
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. — Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352 circumnavigated the globe aboard a KC-130J Super Hercules. The flight began and ended at the squadron’s home base of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar,…
Marine Corps General Officer Announcements
From the U.S. Department of Defense, Nov. 19, 2024 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Marine Corps Col. Timothy S. Brady Jr. for appointment to the grade of brigadier…
U.S. Marine Squadron Conducts First Combat Strikes Using F-35Cs Against Houthi Targets in Yemen
By Carrier Strike Group 3 Public Affairs | November 18, 2024 U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY — U.S. Marine Corps F-35C Lightning II aircraft, assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, conducted the first F-35C combat air strikes for…
