07/11/2013: Brig. Gen. Steven R. Rudder expressed his intent to build upon 1st Marine Aircraft Wing’s past successes during the 1st MAW change of command ceremony July 9 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. [slidepress gallery='1st-maw-bids-owens'] Credit:III Marine Expeditionary Force / Marine Corps Installations Pacific:7/9/13 “When the commandant and the…
07/11/2013: Lance Cpl. Robert Boettger, an airframe mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 Red Lions, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and a Houston native, covers an engine exhaust panel of an MV-22B Osprey aboard Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., July 9. Marines protect the panels and windows as preventive…
07/08/2013: Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130s and crews assigned to the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, train and certify for the 2013 season during week-long training. The 153rd AW works in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service and lead planes. The Wyoming Air National Guard, in addition…
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the enduring spirit and gratitude of the people of the United States and France as exemplified through the mutual friendship of the sister cities of Crestview, Florida, and the French island city of Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile. The…
07/06/2013: An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lands aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), during nighttime flight operations at sea, June 27, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force forward deployed to the U.S. 5th…
07/06/2013: A Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 from the 153rd Airlift Wing, after following a U.S. Forest Service lead plane, performs a training mission which includes water drops near the Medicine Bow National Forest, May 10, 2013. The Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd AW held its annual MAFFS certification…
07/06/2013: In this slideshow, we are highlighting some additional photos of the Sally B flying at the end of the ceremony dedicating the monument to the 10 crew members shot down over Noirmoutier Island France, on July 4, 1943. We also show the monument as well. [slidepress gallery='additional-b-17-photos-from-june-30-2013'] Credit:Second Line…
07/04/2013: Marines serving with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, team up with Assault Craft Unit 5, a Navy unit based out of Camp Pendleton, CA, to make an amphibious landing. The Marines learned how to tie down their light armored vehicles onto ACU-5's landing craft air cushion, a…