VMM-261 Training

02/12/2021
Airmen with the 165th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS) conduct a casualty evacuation exercise with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (VMM-261) at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia, Dec. 7-16. Marines with VMM-261 trained with airmen in shore-based operations in an unfamiliar environment prior to an upcoming deployment in Spring…

A Look Back to 1996: Support for TWA Flight 800

02/03/2021
U.S. Sailors assigned to Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 8 conduct flight operations with CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in response to the crashed Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 800 aircraft off the coast of Moriches, New York, July 27, 1996. TWA…

Marines Work Tail Gunnery

02/01/2021
U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), execute tail gunnery and confined area landing during MEU Exercise on Okinawa, Japan, December 15, 2020. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a…

USAFE 2020

01/29/2021
A series of video clips from USAFE-AFAFRICA’s various units operating across Europe and Africa, playing to music as a narrator highlights key element’s from the major command’s successful year. GERMANY 01.07.2021 Video by Master Sgt. Nicholas Filip 86th Airlift Wing/Public Affairs