10 a.m.-noon -- USMC Air/Ground Demonstration - tactical insertion / extraction of helicopter borne, combat equipped Marines into a landing zone, static displays. Location: Eisenhower Park, Long ...

The US Marine Corps (USMC) is looking to upgrade its fleet of Bell UH-1Y utility and AH-1Z attack helicopters with the ability to approach a landing zone autonomously.

All it takes is a 20-minute flight. Leased land in Halifax and Bladen counties is serving as tactical landing zones for Marines at Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River.

The Marine Corps found that pilot performance and an improper site survey of the landing zone led to the May 17 MV-22 Osprey crash in Hawaii that killed two Marines and injured 20, according to a ...