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  2. United States Marine Corps Aviation - Wikipedia

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    Just prior, in 1939, the Navy's General Board published a new mission for Marine Aviation, which stated: "Marine Aviation is to be equipped, organized and trained primarily for the support of the Fleet Marine Force in landing operations and in support of troop activities in the field; and secondarily as replacement for carrier based naval ...

  3. To continue the C-17's airworthiness and meet Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 2020 mandates, the Air Force has planned a series of modifications for the early 2020s and is pursuing a mitigation plan to restore 16 of their C-17 aircraft from Backup Aircraft Inventory to Primary Mission Aircraft Inventory.

  4. List of B-52 Units of the United States Air Force - Wikipedia

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    Andersen AFB & Kadena AB started primarily with B-52Fs and later B-52Ds aircraft; aircrew and support personnel deployed from CONUS B-52 wings on a rotational basis / U-TAPAO AB started operation after the B-52D became the primary mission aircraft; SW(P)72 at Andersen AFB was only equipped with B-52Gs Operation Desert Storm

  5. List of active United States Air Force aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes Fighter aircraft (1,690) F-15 Eagle: United States air superiority: F-15C: 145 145 F-15C total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 29 F-15C - Active. 116 F-15C - Air National Guard. Trainer aircraft listed separately. F-15E Strike Eagle: United States multirole: 218

  6. List of active United States military aircraft - Wikipedia

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    6 test aircraft and 1 production aircraft have been delivered. 20 on order. 42 planned. [64] MQ-1B Predator: General Atomics: USA Propeller Multi-mission Unmanned 1 [2] MQ-9A Reaper: General Atomics: USA Propeller Multi-mission [65] Unmanned 2007, 2015 (ER) [66] 102 [2] BQM-167 Skeeter: Composite Engineering: Jet Target drone Unmanned 2008 [66 ...

  7. List of active United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons

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    Their primary role is moving cargo and equipment with the secondary role of transferring troops ashore in an amphibious assault. The CH-53Es are the most powerful helicopter in the U.S. military inventory today. [7] As part of the current reorganization of the Corps, HMH-462 will be decommissioned by 2030. [8]

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  9. U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft Squadron Designations

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    This squadron designation was instituted in 1996, a considerable time after the widespread introduction of tactical unmanned aerial vehicles into the Marine Corps inventory has begun. The primary mission of VMU squadrons is aerial surveillance and reconnaissance in support of the Marine Corps ground troops. VMX