Preparation for the Ocean War: US Marines created a makeshift air base on the highway (photo)

The F-35B fighter landed on the route, it was guarded by helicopters with anti-air rockets, and the ammunition was brought by Osprey convert. US Marines put an F-35b fighter on an old highway 15 meters wide. This is a vision of the states of future operations in the Pacific, where there will be no complete airfields. About it reports The War Zone. On an abandoned highway in Southern California, he landed, reached, rearmed, and then flew f-35 again.

At the same place, the MV-22 Osprey converter was maintained. According to the publication, this is a brief idea of ​​how future marine infantry operations in the Pacific will look like. The Marine Corps is aware of the threats that the military in the Indo-Pacific. They will have to work in harsh conditions where large airfields may not be. The test of the aircraft was conducted by the first squadron tests and VMX-1 estimates.

Learning "Succession Iceberg" is an attempt to solve the operational tasks for the operation of aviation without material and technical base and long runways. Marines also study tactics, methods and procedures for work on improvised bases. The route on which the tests took place are ideally suited for imitation of a makeshift base. The old road has power lines, ditches and railway track nearby. The military studied what should be the minimum width of the route for work.

The weapon was transported by MV-22 convertible: small diameter bombs GBU-53/b. Stormbreaker and AII-12 Air Air Bar missiles. In addition, VMX-1 and UH-1y helicopters were involved to create air defense. They are armed with FIM-92 Styinger missiles. Also observed from the height of the MQ-9 Reaper drone from a height of more than 4. 5 km. Recall that on July 6, the media wrote that the US industry depends on Galium exports from China.