Marine Corps Air Station Miramar News

The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan: Serge Kropov, 21, of Hawley, Pa.; private first class, Marine Corps.

The Marine Corps is investigating the Dec. 20 death of Pfc. Serge Kropov in a "non-hostile incident" in Afghanistan's Helmand province, military officials said.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR: Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 entered a new era in aviation Saturday as the MV-22 a oeOspreya landed to begin the replacement of the CH-46 a oeSea Knighta and its 44-year legacy.

The first Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to be permanently stationed on the West Coast landed in California Saturday.

Even though economists say the national recession has ended, states face steep revenue declines and, an in turn, mounting budget shortfalls.

Among the small crowd of military veterans and Marines, the two-star general stood out.

A Marine sergeant was killed after a car turned in front of his motorcycle Friday morning on a San Diego road, authorities said.

A Marine Corps sergeant from Cape Coral, who planned to become an officer, was killed Friday in a motorcycle crash in California.

SAN DIEGO The nighttime collision of a Coast Guard aircraft on a rescue mission and a Marine helicopter left nine people feared dead at sea Friday as investigators tried to solve the mystery of how the aircrews failed to see each other in a heavily used military training area.

Military officials at San Diego-area Marine Corps installations reviewed their security readiness Thursday following a shooting rampage that killed at least 12 people and wounded 31 others at an Army base in Texas.

The Marine Corps wants to base eight MV-22 Osprey squadrons at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego and two others at nearby Camp Pendleton.

While Coast Guard and Marine Corps officials are now recovering debris from midair collision between a search plane and a military chopper, the search continues today for the 50-year-old man who accidentally started the tragic chain of events last week.

No breakthrough has been made in spotting possible survivors by Saturday morning in the wake of a mid-air collision off the coast of U.S. city San Diego, and authorities have released names of nine people as the search is going on.

The nighttime collision of a Coast Guard aircraft on a rescue mission and a Marine helicopter left nine people feared dead at sea Friday as investigators tried to solve the mystery of how the aircrews failed to see each other in a heavily used military training area.

A Marine AH-1 Cobra helicopter. As many as nine Coast Guard and Marine Corps personnel were missing Friday after a mid-air collision between a Coast Guard transport plane and a USMC light attack helicopter about 15 miles east of San Clemente Island, authorities said.

CREW CHIEF: Accident is just weeks before third tour was up. Published: October 27th, 2009 10:47 PM Last Modified: October 27th, 2009 10:55 PM A Marine from Anchorage and three others, all in the final weeks of their deployment, died Monday in the Afghanistan province of Helman when two helicopters collided before sunrise.

2-4. All branches of the United States military participated in what has become not just an air show, but a joint forces community outreach.

Loading ... MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Ca: The U.S. Navya s Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will perform at the 2009 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show today through Sunday.

Born: Sept. 21, 1920, in Boston, Mass. Died: Sept. 24, 2009, in San Antonio Military: Marine Corps Women's Reserves 1943-1945 Preceded by: Her brother, Lorimer Walter Cronk and her husband, William Calvert Flood Sr.

The Marine Corps Band from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, California will perform a series of free concerts in area high schools September 22nd and 23rd.