Osprey Flight to USS George H.W. Bush

02/27/2014
02/27/2014:A video showing the Osprey in flight using its forward propellers and moving to land on the USS George HW Bush. U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fly an MV-22 Osprey aircraft from the USS Bataan (LHD 5) to the USS…

Re-Shaping PACAF Logistics Support

02/25/2014
02/25/2014: In an interview conducted at Hickam AFB in Hawaii with Col. Mickey Addison, Director of Installations and Mission Support or the PACAF command engineer (A7), the Colonel discusses the places versus places approach to logistics for PACAF.  He emphasized the important role of exercises in shaping ways to support…

Coast Guard Icebreaker Visits Honolulu

02/25/2014
02/25/2014: The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, homeported in Seattle, made a scheduled port call in Honolulu, as it transits to conduct missions in the Antarctic. The Polar Star departed Seattle Dec. 3 for Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze for the first time since 2006 with the vital…

Final F-22 Sorties at Holloman AFB

02/23/2014
02/23/2014: Final F-22 Sorties at Holloman AFB  by Senior Airman Colin Cates 49th Wing Public Affairs  1/10/2014 - HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M  Off they go into the wild blue yonder, climbing high into the sun, the first five F-22 Raptors left Holloman for Tyndall Air Force Base Fla., Jan. 6, as…

Osprey CASEVAC Exercise

02/23/2014
02/23/2014: U.S. Marines and Navy Corpsmen with 2nd Marine Aircraft (Forward) conduct a casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) rehearsal from Helmand Province, Afghanistan on March 31, 2013. The rehearsal was executed in order to train and prepare Marines and Sailors for a real CASEVAC scenario.  The Osprey provides significant advantages versus helos for…

Exercising an Airfield Seizure Operation (2)

02/22/2014
02/22/2014: U.S. Marines from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (1/5), 1st Marine Division (MARDIV) from Camp Pendleton, Calif. conduct an air field seizure aboard seven CH-46 Sea Knight transport helicopters. They do this with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 364 and Marine Medium Helicopter Training Squadron (HMMT) 164,…