HMH-462 External Mission

12/15/2013
12/15/2013: U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 (HMH-462) perform an external mission as part of operation in Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2013. HMH-462 used a CH-53E Super Stallion to pick up Marines, a civilian, gear and a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle. Credit:2nd Marine Aircraft Wing…

CG of 1st MAW Visits Tinian

12/09/2013
12/09/2013: 1st Marine Aircraft Wing's Commanding General Visiting Marines on Tinian during Exercise Forager Fury II.  The purpose of Exercise Forager Fury II is to employ and assess Marine Air Group 12's combat power generation and aviation ground support and to operate in a deployed, austere, and unimproved environment.  While…

General Rudder Flies a Prowler during Forager Fury II

12/06/2013
12/06/2013: U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Steven R. Rudder, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW) Commanding General, takes off from Andersen AFB, Guam, in an EA-6B Prowler, assigned to Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (VMAQ)-2, on 4 December 2013.  VMAQ-2is currently assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st MAW, under…

Navy P-8 Lands on Kadena

12/05/2013
12/04/2013: According to a Japan Update story published on 12/4/13: Two of the Navy’s new P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft have arrived at Kadena Air Base. The P-8’s long-planned arrival in the western Pacific comes about a week after China unilaterally declared a broad swath of the East China Sea’s air…