New aviation tech changes Marine Corps’ mentality for future fight
By Todd South
Friday, May 13
WASHINGTON ― Marine aviation planners are looking beyond vertical takeoff aircraft, such as the AV-8 Harrier jet or the MV-22 Osprey, and instead looking at how to fit aviation support to the fighting force, regardless of the kind of aircraft.
New challenges in countering Chinese, Russian and other adversary militaries actions have forced the Corps to find new ways of doing business in all domains, Lt. Col. Nicholas Molder said Wednesday at the 2022 Modern Day Marine exposition in Washington.
“We stepped back from some of the paths we were going down,” Molder said. “We didn’t wash them away, we didn’t push them to the side, we just stepped back from the perspective of a platform replacement mentality.”
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