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KestrelX KX-2s flew to simulate drone threats at Sentry Savannah exercise.

Air Combat Exercises

These Planes Are Mimicking Enemy Shahed-136 Drones In U.S. Military War Games

By James Deboer

Posted Yesterday

RF-4C Phantom reconnaissance aircraft from the 152nd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Reno, Nev., prepare for a mission during Operation Desert Shield.

Flying F-4 Reconnaissance Phantoms Unarmed And Unafraid In Desert Storm

By James Deboer

Updated on Jan 27, 2026

F-35Bs on san clémente island for austere operations training during Steel Knight exercise.

We Went With Marine F-35Bs As They Fought A Mock War From A Pacific Island

By James Deboer

Updated on Jan 22, 2025

CH-53K King Stallion arrives in Yuma to join VMX-1.

CH-53K King Stallion Has Arrived At MCAS Yuma To Join VMX-1 Testers

By James Deboer

Posted on Jun 7, 2024

F-35B from VMX-1 in formation.

The Marine Unit Charged With Digitally Connecting Everything Over The Battlefield

By James Deboer

Posted on May 17, 2024

VMX-1 getting MQ-9s

How Marine MQ-9s Will Adapt For A Pacific Fight, Pave Way For Future Drones

By James Deboer

Posted on Mar 28, 2024

Marines learn to operate from a highway in California during Exercise Obsidian Iceberg

How F-35s Deployed To A Narrow Highway In California

By James Deboer

Posted on Mar 14, 2024

Inside the USMC's operational test aviation unit, VMX-1.

Inside VMX-1, The Test Squadron Rewriting The USMC’s Air Combat Playbook

By James Deboer

Posted on Mar 6, 2024

Air Combat Exercises

William Tell Air Combat Competition Crowns Its Winners

By Jamie Hunter, James Deboer

Posted on Sep 19, 2023

F-35B EABO California highway

F-35B Just Touched Down On The Old Pacific Coast Highway

By James Deboer

Posted on Aug 3, 2023

UH-1Y AH-1Z Marines Pacific China

The Compelling Case For The AH-1 Cobra In A Fight With China

By James Deboer

Updated on Mar 22, 2023

F-35B Austere Operations STOVL

U.S. Marine Corps

Inside How The Marine’s Island-Hopping F-35B Playbook Is Being Written

By James Deboer

Posted on Jan 18, 2023

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