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1 day ago · On 7 August 1942, Allied forces, predominantly United States Marines, landed on Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida Island in the southern Solomon Islands, with the objective of using Guadalcanal and Tulagi as bases in supporting a campaign to eventually capture or neutralize the major Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain.
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Jul 3, 2024 · US Marines uses, or at some point has used, these planes. This list answers the questions "what kind of aircraft does US Marines use?" and "what plane am I flying on US Marines?" List includes photos of the US Marines planes when available, to help clear up what airplanes US Marines flies.
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8 hours ago · The Marines needed a better fighter than the F4F Wildcat. For them, it was not as important that the F4U could be recovered aboard a carrier, as they usually flew from land bases. Growing pains aside, Marine Corps squadrons readily took to the radical new fighter.
1 day ago · Although the airframe was originally designed for service life of 6,000 flight hours, the Marines have chosen to extend the use of certain F/A-18s up to 10,000 flight hours, due to delays in the F-35B variant.
3 days ago · THE MEANING OF SEMPER FIDELIS. It is the fighting spirit of every Marine that can make the promise to win our Nation's battles. This promise is proclaimed in our motto, Semper Fidelis, and it means that we are always faithful to those on our left and right, from the fellow Marines we fight alongside, to those in our communities for which we fight.
Jul 16, 2024 · Watch as Marines from MRF-D 24.3 undergo intense carrier qualifications by flying MV-22B Ospreys onto the British ship RFA Lyme Bay.
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Jul 6, 2024 · The time-honored McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II "jump jet," one of the most successful (arguably THE most successful) vertical and/or short take-off and landing (V/STOL) military warplanes of all time, and a living legend within the US Marine Corps (USMC) aviation community.
