Staci Reidinger, a graduate for the Startup Battlefield 101 course, attends the graduation ceremony for the course, Monday, June 4, 2018, at the Ida and Cecil Green Faculty Club aboard UC San Diego. The graduating class consists of service members and veterans. The course was taught in partnership with SmartMoney Veterans and is designed to help transitioning service members and veterans leverage the skills they already have and translate those skills into launching businesses and creating successful civilian careers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sabrina Candiaflores)
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz., (March 29, 2018) – It was like a scene from Top Gun as pilots marched out to the flight line to mount the metal beast known as the F-35B Lightning II. Pilots entered their cockpits, started the engines and prepared for takeoff. As the final tests were completed, the jets taxied out, gained speed and took to the sky as history was made.
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, “The Flying Leathernecks,” conducted their first flight operations in the F-35B Lightning II at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, March 29, 2018. This marked the end of the first phase in the transition from a legacy F/A-18C Hornet squadron to an F-35B squadron.
“This was a critical moment for us because...
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., (Feb. 28, 2018) -- The Marine Corps is known as a forward moving warfighting force, so it only makes sense that leadership embraces new technology that helps the Marines keep up the momentum on the battlefield. Enter Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 1.
