US Marine Corps Air Force solidifies No. 1 position

The United States Marine Corps is an independent military branch of the Navy. They have built many diverse military branches with all modern means of combat on water, in the air and on land.

The US Marine Corps Air Force is very large in scale with thousands of fighter aircraft of all types, from armed helicopters, transport helicopters... to specialized fighters on aircraft carriers and landing ships.

Currently, the force has 5th generation stealth fighters with vertical take-off and landing capabilities, F-35B, deployed on amphibious assault ships to replace the AV-8B Harrier, providing power not much inferior to the Navy's aircraft carrier fleet.

In addition to the F-35B, the US Marine Corps also has a large number of F/A-18C/D fighters deployed from land bases for air superiority and long-range air support missions.

However, while the US Navy has replaced all F/A-18C/Ds with the more modern F/A-18E/F series, the US Marine Corps has not received proper attention in this area, and they even had to call back many aircraft that were being stored at Davis-Monthan base.

But in the new situation, when the budget was increased, this force decided to upgrade its F/A-18C/D squadron with modern equipment according to 5th generation standards.

Northrop Grumman said it has successfully tested the APG-83 SABR active phased array radar for an F/A-18C fighter at Miramar base in California, opening up the possibility of fully equipping this equipment for the other 100 aircraft in the squadron.

The APG-83 SABR active phased array radar provides long-range target detection with superior accuracy compared to the current one. This equipment has been proven through testing to fully meet all requirements regarding size, weight and cooling system compatibility of the F/A-18C/D.

After completing the upgrade process with the new radar, the F/A-18C/D is assessed to be capable of confronting 5th generation fighters and overwhelming all 4.5 generation fighters that are still using outdated PESA passive scanning radar.

The US Marine Corps Air Force will firmly establish itself as the world's number one in both quantity and quality, even surpassing all other naval air forces in the world.