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The Marines are phasing out the older Harrier jets in favor of the newer fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighters.
A Marine Attack Squadron has flown its final Harrier flight and is set for official deactivation in September at Marine Corps ...
After over a century of service, the Marine Corps’ oldest flying squadron has flown its final Harrier II mission. VMA-231 ...
The squadron was inactivated in April 2020 at its prior base Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., after flying the F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet since 1986, including numerous operations in ...
US Marine Corps Photo MIRAMAR MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, San Diego, Calif. – The Marine Corps’ second F-35C Lightning II squadron hit a key milestone this week, reaching initial operational ...
Until disbanding in 2020, the squadron was known as VMA-311 and operated the AV-8B Harrier II. A VMFA-311 F-35C Lightning II taxiing at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar on July 24, 2024.
“Belgium’s first F-35 to arrive in country has rolled off the production line and is gearing up for arrival in Belgium this ...
Stealth fighters with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., arrived Saturday at MCAS Iwakuni under the Unit Deployment Program, according to a news release ...
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 231, known as the “Ace of Spades,” marked the end ...
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Just in time for the holidays, the “Black Knights” of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 returned to their home base at Marine ...
The aircraft, assigned to the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 214, were originally based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Arizona. The 1st Marine Aircraft Wing stated that the Marine Fighter ...