HMH-461 Aviation Expo

09/05/2025
U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, showcase a CH-53K King Stallion as part of Fleet Week New York 2025, at Perth Amboy High School, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, May 21, 2025. America's warfighting Navy and Marine Corps celebrate 250 years…

SLTE 1-25

09/03/2025
U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 conduct simulated troop insertion operations with 2nd Battalion 23rd Marines at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 07, 2025. HMH-461 and other squadrons assigned to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing trained to integrate with and support Marine ground…

F-35B Ordnance Load

09/01/2025
U.S. Marines load air intercept missile ordnance and launch F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, during flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), in the Philippine Sea, June 3, 2025. Marine F-35Bs bring a 5th generation…

Task Force Bataan

08/29/2025
Task Force Warhawg, 1st Battalion, 360th Infantry Regiment, 5th Armored Brigade, incorporated counter-unmanned aerial systems training into Task Force Bataan, 1st Battalion, 200th Infantry Regiment's culminating training exercise in preparation for their assumption of the Horn of Africa mission overseas. C-UAS training progressed deliberately from classroom to application during the…

REFORPAC 2025

08/27/2025
Two U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II’s fly side by side during exercise Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC) 2025 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, July 15, 2025. REFORPAC spans multiple locations across the Pacific, sharpening the USAF’s ability to rapidly deploy, sustain operations and project airpower in contested environments. MISAWA AIR…

COMPTUEX Amphibious Assault

08/22/2025
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), conducts flight operations during an amphibious assault as part of Composite Training Unit Exercise, on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 9, 2025. During COMPTUEX, the Iwo Jima Amphibious…

The King Stallion Operating at Sea

08/20/2025
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion attached to Marine Heavy Squadron (HMH) 461 lifts off the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), during Composite Training Unit Exercise while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, July 10, 2025. During COMPTUEX, the IWO ARG and 22nd MEU(SOC), refine tactics,…