Marines

Days after a $100 million F-35B crashed in rural South Carolina, a government watchdog report released Thursday highlights ongoing maintenance delays showing F-35 fighter jets are “mission capable” only 55% of the time.

The pilot of a $100 million stealth fighter jet parachuted safely into the backyard of a home in South Carolina after a malfunction forced him to eject from the aircraft, causing the plane to crash into a wooded area about 60 miles away.

The jet was left on autopilot over South Carolina after the pilot was ejected during a “mishap.”

The crash site for a stealth fighter jet that went missing during the weekend after its pilot ejected was located Monday in rural South Carolina after the military asked the public for help finding an aircraft built to elude detection.

All Marine Corps aircraft, inside and outside the U.S., were grounded Monday after a stealth F-35 jet in South Carolina mysteriously disappeared, according to an order issued by Gen. Eric Smith, the acting commandant of the Marines.

The U.S. military has asked for the public’s help locate one of its F-35 fighter jets after the pilot ejected from the aircraft over South Carolina.

The bodies of three U.S. Marines killed in a tiltrotor aircraft crash during a training exercise in Australia were retrieved from the crash scene while another Marine remained in critical condition, the Marine Corps said Tuesday.

Three U.S. Marines killed in the weekend crash of an Osprey aircraft in Australia were identified Monday.

The U.S. Marine Corps says at least three Marines have died and five have been critically injured when their Osprey aircraft crashed on a north Australian island during a training exercise.

The U.S. Marine Corps is without a confirmed leader for the first time in a century as Gen. David Berger stepped down as commandant and a Republican senator is blocking confirmation of his successor.

Overall, there were more than 8,942 reports of sexual assaults involving service members during the 2022 fiscal year, a slight increase over the 8,866 the year before.

Three Marines stopped a fight and prevented a man from being stabbed at a Chick-fil-A in Stafford County, Virginia.

Additional recon might have told four thieves this jewelry store was not going to be an easy target.

It was a somber moment as people lined the streets throughout Hingham to honor fallen Sgt. Matthew Partyka, whose body was returned home Monday.

A young Marine who died earlier this month was honored during a procession in his hometown of Hingham, Massachusetts, Monday night. Sgt. Matthew P. Partyka, 25, died by suicide on July 3 while on leave at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, where he was stationed, according to his obituary. Partyka’s body was returned home via a Massachusetts State Police…

A New Hampshire native who was one of five Marines who died when their plane crashed during a training this month was returned home on Tuesday with a police escort. Capt. Nicholas P. Losapio, of Kensington, was escorted from Boston Logan International Airport through the New Hampshire Seacoast, Kensington Police Chief Scott Cain said. Multiple state police and fire departments…

As a direct result of the recent U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft crashes, Navy officials directed all non-deployed Navy aviation units Saturday to hold a safety pause on June 13 to look over risk-management practices and train personnel on threat and error-management processes.

The son of former Major League Baseball player Steve Sax was one of five Marines killed when their aircraft crashed during a training exercise in California on Wednesday.

Authorities have released the identities of all five Marines who died in Wednesday’s MV-22B Osprey crash in Imperial County, about 150 miles east of San Diego, according to the U.S. Marine Corps.

Five Marines were killed Wednesday when a Camp Pendleton-based Osprey crashed in Glamis, California, in Imperial County, the U.S. Marine Corps confirmed Thursday.