One former Marine becomes the first civilian F-35 test pilot at Cherry Point, boosting readiness; another is tapped to lead ...

WASHINGTON — A Marine Corps pilot who crashed his plane Thursday night near an airfield in Southern California has been found dead, ... Doug G. Ware covers the Department of Defense at the Pentagon.

Fighter pilot killed in F-18 crash near San Diego 00:17. A U.S. Marine Corps pilot is dead after a military jet crashed near the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, California.

In an investigation report, sections of which are heavily redacted, the USMC contends that while the F-35B’s (BF-66) systems were degraded, the aircraft was still flyable when the pilot ejected ...