U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352, assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, conduct a Forward Aerial Refueling Point (FARP) operation in the US Central Command area of responsibility, April 30, 2020. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a crisis response force, prepared…
The 435th Contingency Response Group conduct hot pit refueling operations on two F-16s from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, as part of their exercise Agile Wolf 20-04 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, RP, GERMANY 05.28.2020 Video by Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer 86th Airlift Wing/Public Affairs
Hot pit refueling operations for the 435th Contingency Response Group's exercise, Agile Wolf 20-04. RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, RP, GERMANY 05.28.2020 Video by Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer 86th Airlift Wing/Public Affairs
Early morning time-lapse of Voas-Lackey traffic circle at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 18, 2019. The traffic circle was dedicated to U.S. Air Force Maj. Randell Voas, an evaluator pilot with the 8th Special Operations Squadron and Senior Master Sgt. James Lackey, an evaluator flight engineer with the 8th SOS, who…
Marine Aircraft Group 36 conduct a rapid deployment exercise on Oct. 24, 2019 in Okinawa, Japan and the Indo-Pacific region. This type of realistic training is used to highlight an active posture of a ready force and is essential to maintaining the readiness needed to uphold our commitments to our…
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) and U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 conducted the first independent Distributed STOVL Operation (DSO) by flying all ordnance, personnel, and fuel in on mission aircraft at Yuma, Ariz., April 13,2017. Marines employed the manual drive…
U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268, Marine Aircraft Group 24, conduct a GAU-17 minigun weapons test on the MV-22B Osprey off the shore of Oahu, Hawaii, April 23, 2020. The GAU-17 minigun is a remotely operated defensive weapon system designed to provide suppressive fire. Proficiency with this weapon…
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit coordinate fires with F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft during a Tactical Air Control Party exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), underway in the Philippine Sea, June 9 and 10, 2019. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps` only continuously forward-deployed…
