Forward Air Controller Training: Summer Fury 21

11/01/2021

A UH-1Y Venom with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) conducts live fire drills during Summer Fury 21 at the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Arizona, July 27, 2021.

During the Forward Air Controller (Airborne) (FAC(A)) Training evolution, MAG-39 conducted sorties to attain aircrew prerequisites for the Fall WTI class. Summer Fury is an exercise conducted by 3rd MAW in order to maintain and build capability, strength, and trust within its units to generate the readiness and lethality needed to deter and defeat adversaries during combat operations as the U.S. Marine Corps refines tactics and equipment in accordance with Force Design 2030.

HOCOLATE MOUNTAIN AERIAL GUNNERY RANGE, AZ, UNITED STATES

07.27.2021

Video by Cpl. Nicolas Atehortua

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing