MV-22B Night Tactics Training: WTI 2-22

04/24/2022
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dominic McCarron, from Colorado Springs, Colorado, a crew chief for the MV-22B Osprey, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), analyzes terrain during a night tactics exercise in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22, at San Clemente Island, California, April…

CH-53E External Lift Training in Support of USMC Expeditionary Operations: WTI-2-22

04/23/2022
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), conducts an external lift exercise during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22, at Auxiliary Airfield II, near Yuma, Arizona, March 29, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1,…

Exercise Cold Response 2022: The Role of Heavy Lift

04/18/2022
U.S. Marines transport and receive fuel from British Royal Marines during Exercise Cold Response 2022, Elvenes Airfield, Norway, March 17, 2022. The U.S. Marines are with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366, 2d Marine Aircraft Wing. The British Royal Marines are with the Commando Helicopter Force, Motor-Transport, and Mobility Troop Force.…

Exercise Cold Response 22: French, Dutch and USMC Cooperation

04/15/2022
arines from the Netherlands, the United States and France have landed in Norway to participate in Cold Response 22, a long-planned Norwegian-led exercise that pits NATO Allies and partners against the unique hardships of the High North. Marines from the Netherlands, the United States and France have landed in Norway…

Balikatan 22

04/13/2022
U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Ethan Bowser signals a UH-1Y Venom assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 (HMLA-369) to land aboard the USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) ahead of Balikatan 22, Mar. 19, 2022. The Miguel Keith, a Lewis B. Puller-class Expeditionary Mobile Base Ship, is a…

U.S. Marines Conduct Night-Time Exercises With F-35B

04/11/2022
U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501 performing night-time aerial operations at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, March 22, 2022. VMFAT-501 deployed to Mountain Home Air Force Base to train entry-level pilots to be proficient at close air-support and high-explosive ordnance drops to better support their…