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April 6, 2017 2:59 PM

Marine Corps leadership told the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee that it needs a Fiscal Year 2017 budget and the…

March 29, 2017 2:51 PM

Navy and Marine Corps aviation leaders asked lawmakers to at the very least spare them from a full-year continuing resolution…

March 28, 2017 10:14 PM

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Marine Corps could save about a billion dollars, reduce risk for pilots seeing too few flight…

November 9, 2016 6:33 PM

Two Marine Corps F-18 Hornets collided mid-air during a training mission today near San Diego, and both pilots are now…

August 4, 2016 4:55 PM

The Marine Corps ordered a mandatory 24-hour operational pause for all non-deployed units to focus on safety and readiness issues…

June 23, 2016 8:28 AM

Marine Corps aviation, struggling to meet its operational and training missions with a shrinking fleet of aged F/A-18 Hornets, is…

May 26, 2016 12:24 PM - Updated: May 26, 2016 6:36 PM

Three out of four F/A-18s are not ready to go to war and it could take up to a year for…

December 10, 2013 6:07 AM - Updated: December 9, 2013 11:03 PM

The U.S. Navy marked the Boeing F/A-18 Hornet’s 35th anniversary with the fleet on a Monday at a ceremony at…

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