A Marine Corps AV-8A Harrier, foreground, and a Marine Corps A-4 Skyhawk, background, two of the historic aircraft that will be on display during the MCAS Miramar Air Show. — Howard Lipin Marine Flying Entering Period Of Turbulence -- Sign On San Diego
The Corps faces budgetary pressures, need to overhaul fleet.
As the Marines celebrate a century of shared aviation history with the Navy at the annual air show in San Diego beginning today, they are also looking to the future amid a high-stakes overhaul of their fleet.
The upgrades to decades-old platforms Marines still operate today and the development or fielding of revolutionary new types of flying machines touch on everything from helicopters to fighter jets, drones and the tilt-rotor Osprey.
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Taiwan air defense solid, general says -- UPI
Brazil fighter jet deal 'urgent': minister -- The Local
Fighter Wars -- Ares/Aviation Week
China, France pledge to deepen military ties -- Xinhuanet
British scientists invent new battlefield equipment using 'steel from tape' -- The Telegraph
Obama's Anti-Nuke Push Bogging Down: Experts -- Global Security Newswire
Missiles in a box -- ELP
JAGM In Jeopardy Amid Budget Talks -- Aviation Week
U.S. Navy explores longer submarine deployments -- Salt Lake Tribune
Special Forces to hold open house to mark completion of move -- NWF Daily News
Officials hope Air Force civilian job cuts won't hit area bases -- PNJ.com
Aulaqi is first hit for new drone base -- Washington Post
Pentagon seeks to improve transparency -- CNN
Gay weddings can be performed by military chaplains, Pentagon says -- Washington Post
Defense Companies Must Do More Than Lobby Against Cuts -- August Cole
The Pentagon's Cyberstrategy, One Year Later -- William J. Lynn III, Foreign Affairs