The U.S. Marine Corps is shifting its F-35 purchase plans to buy more carrier-based F-35Cs and fewer F-35Bs, which can hover and vertically land. (Cpl. Christopher R. Lape/U.S. Marine Corps) The U.S.

A Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie, left, conducts a test flight with two Air Force F-35A Lightning II. (Master Sgt. John McRell/U.S. Air Force) The Marine Corps recently notched a series of aviation ...

Steel Knight focused on contested maritime operations, with assets operating from far-off Forward Arming and Refueling Points and Air-Delivered Ground Refueling nodes in the ‘hub-and-spoke’ concept.

The Marine Corps (USMC) is still in a quandary about how to replace its EA-6B jamming aircraft, but James E. Pitts, president of Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems Sector, says he's working on the ...

VMFA-214’s F-35s have deployed to Japan in place of long-running F/A-18 Hornet detachments, which reinforce the U.S. Marine Corps squadrons permanently based in the region. Marine Fighter Attack ...

Osprey squadrons based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, shown here in 2023, were among those cut as part of the Marine Corps' 2025 aviation strategy. (Hiro Komae/AP) The U.S. Marine Corps ...

The U.S. Marine Corps released a revised aviation strategy Monday that focuses on using autonomous systems, drones and artificial intelligence-driven software to ensure its aircraft fleet can survive ...