The Marine Corps fired the commanding officer of one of the service's most storied air stations on Tuesday ... where he flew combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Chloe Johnson/Marine Corps ... be able to maintain and close kill webs and all enemy air assets through an airborne command and control and an “aviation ground support structure that is scalable ...

The Marine Corps in 2025 is about halfway through its decade-long, top-to-bottom modernization plan, trying to balance that ...

The Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona, offers visitors a remarkable immersion into the history of flight.

Major General Jason Woodworth, commander, Marine Corps Installations Command, and assistant deputy commandant, Installations ...

Marine Corps Col. Mark Bortnem, the commander at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort at the time, speaks in October 2023 at a ceremony at the South Carolina base. (Nathan Saucier/U.S. Marine Corps) ...

Col. Mark D. Bortnem was relieved of his duties as commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort on April 14, and reassigned to duties at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.

"So, what does modernization look like in the Marine Corps? It's an all-fifth ... to be able to maintain and close kill webs ...