Marine Corps Aviation Centennial: Marine Aviators In Their Own Words
When Marine Corps First Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham arrived at the aviation camp at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, …
Naval Aviation
X-47B UCAS Inaugural Land-based Catapult Launch
While one X-47B was hoisted aboard USS Harry S. Truman for deck handling tests, another was at Naval Air Station …
Future USS Enterprise (CVN 80) Will Be the Third Gerald R. Ford-class Aircraft Carrier
The future USS Enterprise (CVN 80), will be the third Gerald R. Ford-class carrier to be built, Secretary of the …
Marine Corps Aviation: Modernizing Before the Storm
Marine Corps aviation is getting new strike fighters, medium-lift tilt-rotors, attack and utility helicopters, and turboprop tanker-transports in advance of …
X-47B Arrives Aboard USS Harry S Truman
A Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System-Demonstrator (UCAS-D) is hoisted aboard USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75), marking a …
USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Retires l Photos
After 51 years of distinguished service the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) will be inactivated on Dec. 1, 2012, during a …
F8U-3 Crusader Was ‘Really Hot’ Might Have Been
When it first took to the air on June 2, 1958 with test pilot John W. Konrad at the controls, …
The Marine Corps of 2030
A s the smallest of the nation’s uniformed military services, the Marine Corps is most susceptible to tight budgets, but …
The Fall Edition of Defense Now Available to Read Online
Over the past few weeks, printed copies of the fall edition of Defense have been delivered to the desks of …
U.S. Marine Corps Is Getting Back to Its Amphibious Roots
After more than a decade of being tied down in two prolonged land conflicts, during which it accumulated the heavy …