California
Maj. Andrew Mettler of Georgia was taking part in a routine training exercise when his plane went down late Thursday. He had joined the Marines in 2007.
Aug. 27, 2023
The pilot was the only person on the F/A-18 Delta Hornet when it crashed east of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego overnight, authorities said.
Aug. 25, 2023
The El Toro and Tustin Marine Corps air stations, both targeted for closing by the Pentagon, could remain open as a result of action taken Friday by the military base closure commission.
May 22, 1993
The flag-draped coffins with the remains of seven Marines and a sailor who died in a training accident last month have arrived in Delaware.
Aug. 14, 2020
Politics
President Trump speaks to military personnel at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego.
March 13, 2018
Searchers have located a U.S. military helicopter that went missing en route from a base in Nevada to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego.
Feb. 8, 2024
Military: Craft from Miramar air base will now avoid Del Mar and other San Diego suburbs to lessen noise.
Feb. 24, 1999
The Marines and helicopters at Tustin Marine Corps Helicopter Air Station will move to El Toro instead of San Diego in the summer of 1997, a Marine Corps spokesman said Tuesday.
March 22, 1995
Officials at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar are investigating a video that circulated on Twitter last week of two white men in blackface, a spokesman said.
March 5, 2019
The proposed closure of El Toro Marine Corps Air Station is being seriously questioned by local base commanders who are concerned that moving the Marines to Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego might be far more expensive than originally anticipated.
April 16, 1993