Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

The Marines also see what is called Future Attack Strike as addressing demands that will arise when the F/A-18C/D Hornet is finally retired.

The US Marine Corps will retire its Boeing AV-8B Harrier II fleet in June 2026, a year earlier than previously planned, as it accelerates transition to the Lockheed Martin F-35B and focuses on ...

An F-35C Lightning II assigned to VMFA-314 takes off from MCAS Miramar, California. The USMC is set to purchase more F-35Cs than previously planned. (3rd Marine Aircraft Wing) The US Marine Corps ...

U.S. Marines conduct an MV-22B Osprey aircraft tail gunnery certification during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-20 inside Shade Tree Range, California on October 8, 2019. WTI is a seven ...

The Marines have tapped one of the companies competing to build the Air Force’s drone wingman to help develop its own Corps-specific Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, a key element of its new ...

Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), as a term, began as a U.S. Air Force program, but the U.S. Marine Corps may try to field its own version of the concept first. The release of the 2025 Marine Corps ...

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 United States faces a global landscape defined by strategic competition, contested norms, and the wide proliferation of advanced military technologies. As the character of warfare changes, Marine ...

The Marine Corps released its 2026 Aviation Plan on Tuesday, outlining its strategy to maintain and develop its aviation fleets.

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 ...