Story by Capt. Mark Andries | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 09.10.2024
U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornets, KC-130J Hercules and U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft supported Exercise UNITAS LXV in Santiago, Chile....
Story by Cpl. Calah Thompson | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.23.2024
Suwon Air Base, South Korea – On Friday, July 12, as the sun slowly began to set and cast the sky in a hazy orange hue, four F/A-18 Hornet aircraft with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 224, Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) touched down at Suwon Air Base, South Korea. The next morning, the remaining aircraft would also make their arrival......
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Coffer | Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) | 03.21.2024
Air Test and Evaluation Squadron NINE (VX-9) welcomed its newest leader during a change-of-command ceremony at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Calif., Mar. 21, 2024....
Story by Brittany Dickerson | Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division | 01.26.2024
The Navy's squadron dedicated to developmental testing of every tactical aircraft flown by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps changed command during a ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River on January 25, 2024. Col. Jay Zarra took command of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 from Capt. Daniel Kitts....
Story by Bradley Hicks | Arnold Engineering Development Complex | 12.21.2023
This is the final in a series of six stories focused on those to whom the displays are dedicated. Information on work performed at Arnold to field the safest and most effective version of each aircraft displayed will also be provided. This feature focuses on the F/A-18A Hornet displayed at Gate 2, dedicated in memory of Navy Lt. Cmdr. Frank Wittwer during an Oct. 3, 2009, ceremony at Arnold.......
Story by Maria Rachel Melchor | Fleet Readiness Center Southwest | 12.21.2022
Fleet Readiness Center Southwest's Center Barrel Plus Program will leave a legacy which represents a span of more than 30 years of continuous significant life extension efforts for legacy fighter aircrafts....
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Jennifer Shirar | 173rd Fighter Wing | 08.23.2022
The 173 rd Fighter Wing out of Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore. has been in the fighter training business for nearly 40 years and is the sole F-15C training base for the U.S. Air Force. And for two weeks in August, Team Kingsley took that experience down to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar to act as Red Air for fledgling Marine Corps fighter pilots....
Story by Brian Jones | NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support | 08.15.2022
Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS), F/A-18 Integrated Weapon System Team and Fixed-Wing Contracts Team awarded the Boeing Company of St. Louis, Missouri, a five-year Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) valued at $3.1 Billion....
