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About 1,300 people were evacuated after a Marine jet carrying ammunitions crashed in a Yuma, Arizona neighborhood Wednesday. The pilot ejected safely. A Marine spokesperson said the jet was trying to land when it crashed in the backyard of a home about a mile from Marine Corps Air Station-Yuma. Authorities say there have been no reports of injuries related to the crash. A Marine spokesperson said the AV-8B Harrier was carrying four 500-pound bombs and 300 rounds of 20-milimeter ammunitions. A one-mile area around the crash site was evacuated so a military explosives disposal team could safely retrieve the ordnance....

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE - "Three Marines and one Navy sailor are dead and one Marine is injured after a helicopter from the Yuma Marine base crashed 20 miles north of Yuma near the Colorado river, according to a military official. The accident involved a search and rescue helicopter that crashed late Thursday afternoon while returning from a routine training flight near the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground. The crashed helicopter was one of four in the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron at Marine Corps Air Station-Yuma. The names of the dead and injured are being withheld for 24 hours until the...

AL ASAD, Iraq (Aug. 13, 2005) -- The “Patriots” of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 26 have done it again. For the second time in less than a month one of their Marines has been recognized for outstanding contributions to Marine aviation. Sergeant Paul E. Fletcher, noncommissioned officer-in-charge of the squadron’s supply response division, was recently announced as the winner of the 2005 Capital Marines’ Sgt. Maj. Frederick B. Douglas Award. “I was very thankful to be nominated, but I wasn’t expecting to win,” said Fletcher. “I appreciate my seniors for the nomination and now that I’ve won I appreciate the...

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Aug. 11, 2005) -- More than 200 Marines with Combat Logistics Company, 119 Combat Logistics Battalion 1, 1st Force Service Support Group, spent the week enduring constant, extreme temperatures while conducting convoy operations training July 24-29 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. The exercises were the last evolution in the unit’s training before deploying once more in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The deployment is expected to occur in the next month. “The overall aim of the training exercise is to make sure all the Marines are qualified over there in Iraq,” said...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz.(July 21, 2005) -- People all over the world can get thrills from the video arcade flight simulators found in nearly any mall, and these games might be the closest these people will get to flying a multi-million dollar jet. The Marine Corps, however, has spent top dollar on flight simulators that people at the mall could not even imagine. The Radar Night Attack Weapons System Trainer is used to train station AV-8B Harrier pilots. It is a fully functional Harrier cockpit and canopy, which works the exact same as the actual aircraft, said Capt....