From Sea Dragon to Kill Web Node: The CH-53K as Airborne Manager of the Mine-Warfare Fight
The MH-53E Sea Dragon’s role in mine countermeasures at the Strait of Hormuz has been indispensable…
Read More »Beyond the Nacelle: The V-22’s Broader Modernization Path
The V-22 Osprey has been central to Marine Corps assault-support thinking for more than two decades.…
Read More »Australia and Indonesia: Co-Inventing Amphibious Power in the Archipelago
The November 2024 amphibious landing at Banongan Beach in East Java marked more than the largest…
Read More »The Osprey Nacelle Upgrade Dynamic: Understanding Its Broader Impact on Force Sustainability
When you spend enough time with maintainers in the fleet rather than briefing officers in the…
Read More »From Crisis to Confidence: How the V-22 Nacelle Improvement Program Delivered the Readiness Revolution the Osprey Needed
The story of the V-22 Osprey’s transformation from a maintenance-intensive platform to a readiness success offers…
Read More »Tiltrotor and the Tyranny of Distance
Australia occupies a unique and demanding strategic position. Its continental landmass, combined with the island chains…
Read More »From Kill Chains to Kill Webs: 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing’s Communications Revolution
At 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing headquarters, a group of communications and intelligence professionals are working through…
Read More »MACG-38: The Command-and-Control Enabler for Marine Corps Distributed Operations
The modern Marine Air Control Group 38 (MACG-38) represents a fundamental shift in how the Marine…
Read More »Maximizing Flexibility: MAG-11’s Approach to Multi-Domain Aviation Operations
In a conversation conducted during Steel Knight 2025 at a simulated forward-deployed location, Colonel Jarrod DeVore,…
Read More »Command and Control in Transition: Observations from the Wing Operations Combat Center During Steel Knight
During a recent visit to the Wing Operations Combat Center (WOCC) at 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing…
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