Helo Aerial Refueling in WTI 1-18

11/28/2017
2017-11-28  Helicopter aerial refueling during the latest Weapons and Tactics Training Course at USMC Air Station Yuma. A pair of U.S. Army MH-60M Blackhawks and a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Corps Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) conduct an aerial refueling exercise in support…

ATC for WTI, Yuma Arizona

11/26/2017
11/26/2017: U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) ensure safe runways for CH-53E Super Stallions and MV-22 Ospreys to land on during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 1-18 at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz., Oct. 17, 2017. WTI is a seven-week training even hosted by MAWTS-1…

HIMARS at Sea 360 Degree View

11/25/2017
11/25/17: U.S. Navy Sailors with Assault Craft Unit 5 deliver a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System from Battery R, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, onto the USS Anchorage (LPD-23) via a landing craft, air cushion on Oct. 20, 2017, during Exercise Dawn Blitz. DB17 is a scenario-driven amphibious exercise conducted…

Australia Retiring P-3s as P-8s Arrive

11/25/2017
11/25/17: The Air Force’s first AP-3C Orion, with tail number A9-751, was transferred from operational service to the Royal Australian Air Force Museum for static display on 16 November 2017. A9-751 conducted its maiden flight on 5 January 1978 and was subsequently delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force at…

26th MEU Flight Ops onboard USS Iwo Jima

11/22/2017
11/22/17: U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) in the Atlantic Ocean as part of Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Nov. 6, 2017. The exercise allows all elements of the Marine Air…