By MATTHEW M. BURKE | STARS AND STRIPES Published: March 1, 2021 CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa A Marine from Combat Logistics Battalion 31 died while surfing over the weekend off Okinawa’s eastern coast, Marine officials announced Monday afternoon. The unidentified service member was surfing with five fellow Marines near Ikei Island at about 2:40 p.m., when the Marine became separated from the group and disappeared, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the logistics battalion’s parent command, wrote in a statement. The group contacted local authorities and the Japan Coast Guard for assistance, according to the statement. The Marine was found unresponsive about two hours later.
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USAF creates first overseas F-35A squadron
17 February 2021
by Gareth Jennings
The US Air Force (USAF) is to stand up the 495th ‘Valkyries’ Squadron as its first overseas unit to operate the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
The first of two new US Air Force F-35A units at RAF Lakenheath in the UK is to be designated the 495th ‘Valkyries’ Squadron. (US Air Force)
The 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath in the UK made the announcement on 16 February, noting that the new name was selected from a poll taken in December 2020. The 495th Squadron has also been given the motto ‘Mala Ipsa Nova’, Latin for ‘Bad News Itself’.
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Staff Sgt. Cade Yandell stands in front of a KC-10 Extender at Travis Air Force Base, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. He recently attended the 509th Weapons Squadron’s 15-week Advanced Instructor Course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. The course focused on the KC-135 Stratotanker. (Chustine Minoda/U.S. Air Force file photo)
Travis sergeant adds to family’s flying lore
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE Aviation history runs in the blood of Staff Sgt. Cade Yandell.
The sergeant at Travis Air Force Base is the descendent of several generations of flyers – his father, who received his pilot’s license at 15, an uncle who flew commercially and a grandfather who taught a generation of flyers, including Amelia Earhart.
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