Marine Aviators Chart Flight Path to Modernization Goals
7/8/2022
By Meredith Roaten
The Marine Corps is overhauling its force to take on peer competitors in austere environments. A new aviation plan ensures that its aircraft — everything from fighter jets to helicopters — don’t get left behind.
In May, the Marine Corps released its latest aviation plan, the first since the 2020 publication of its service-wide strategy for modernization — Force Design 2030, which calls for the service to cut end strength, divest legacy systems and procure new platforms, all in the name of operational flexibility.
The new aviation plan builds on the foundation of the Force Design 2030 vision, highlighting plans for a more agile, expeditionary force.
“While operating from austere, distributed locations and across extended distances, we will be minimally sustained, fully networked and entirely interoperable with the Joint Force and America’s allies and partners,” according to the report.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2022/7/8/marine-aviators-chart-flight-path-to-modernization-goals
