Breaking: US Marine Corps KC-130 Crashes in Mississippi

EXCLUSIVE SKYCOPTER VIDEO: Military C-130 crashes on Leflore/Sunflower County line; Four bodies recovered https://t.co/aDo4h38rnm pic.twitter.com/5SWN8Q8pI6 — WLBT 3 On Your Side (@WLBT) July 11, 2017 Authorities is Mississippi say at least five people were killed when a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130 refueling plane crashed Monday evening. Leflore County Sheriff Ricky Banks told the Greenwood Commonwealth newspaper that […]

Parris Island drill instructor found not guilty in first hazing scandal court-martial

The first Parris Island drill instructors to face a court-martial in connection with the recruit hazing scandal that exploded last year has been cleared of all charges, an official confirmed. Sgt. Riley R. Gress was one of four drill instructors accused of making recruits do physical training in a dusty, abandoned building at Parris Island […]

Stunning aviation coffee table books by renowned photographer Erik Hildebrandt

Still just as inspiring as when it was first released in 2011 to commemorate the Centennial of Naval Aviation, FLY NAVY remains a historic freeze frame of America’s men and women flying all over the globe in service of our country. Get the book here! For over two years, photographer Erik Hildebrandt rode along on […]

Watch: Airborne flight testing of the F-35B gun completed!

Another check in the block for the F-35 program and a bit of aviation history was recently made when the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron VX23 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River completed airborne testing of the F-35B gun. Watch Earlier Ground Testing of the F-35 Gun Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23) is […]

Navy testing ‘Magic Carpet’ for F-18 carrier landings

The United States Navy has been testing a new and revolutionary software for aircraft carrier landings called the Maritime Augmented Guidance with Integrated Controls for Carrier Approach and Recovery Precision Enabling Technologies or what some are calling the “Magic Carpet.” Watch: The Navy’s Magic Carpet System Explained That was the smoothest night trap I’ve ever […]

The Swarm! Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarming Technology (LOCUST)

Imagine a ‘swarm’ of small drones flying in formation leading the advance into enemy territory doing surveillance and hindering hostile forces before the ground troops arrive. This is exactly what the US Marine Corps envisions with the Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarming Technology also known as LOCUST. Watch LOCUST in action! (This is so cool!) Lt. […]

Today in Aviation History: 1951 First Flight of the Douglas F4D Skyray

January 23, 1951 marked the first flight of the Douglas F4D Skyray carrier based fighter/interceptor jet. The F4D Skyray was the first US Navy and Marine Corps jet that could exceed Mach 1 in level flight and it held the world’s absolute speed record at just under 753 miles per hour. This airspeed record was a first for […]

US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey Goes Down off Coast of Japan

Monday night a US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey went down in shallow water off Japan’s southern island of Okinawa. No one was killed in the crash landing and all five crewmembers were rescued. All crewmembers were transported to a US Navy hospital at Kadena Air Base according to a Marine Corps statement. The extent of […]

Marine Corps F/A-18 Crashes in Southern Japan

Update: The Marine Corps has expanded the search-and-rescue efforts for the missing F/A-18 pilot. “Search and rescue efforts for the pilot … have expanded to a greater radius and include more rescue assets as the daylight increases,” a Thursday morning statement said.The jet that crashed had been paired with another F/A-18C for the training flight. The […]