U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3 rehearse loading and offloading from an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 (Reinforced), MRF-D 24.3, during an Exercise Predator’s Run warm start at Robertson Barracks, NT, Australia, July 3, 2024. Marines participated in a warm start planning exercise…
Third Marine Aircraft Wing holds a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, July 2, 2024. The change of command ceremony signifies the transition to new leadership and a continuation of the unit’s constant preparedness to fight and win. The mission of 3rd MAW is to…
Marine Corps Engineer Detachment Palau 24.1 Marines and Sailors from 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group successfully recertified the Peleliu airstrip on June 22, 2024. A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft with 1st Marine Air Wing landed on the newly designated airstrip on the island of…
U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3, fly MV-22B Ospreys from Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin to Nackeroo Airfield, NT, Australia, June 27, 2024. MRF-D 24.3 is part of an annual six-month rotational deployment to enhance interoperability with the Australian Defence…
By Robbin Laird Recently, LtGen Heckl retired from the USMC after 37 years of service. He has held several command positions and has a wealth of combat experience. In a series of interviews with him, we will be discussing both his experience and his judgement with regard to the way…
An AH-64E Apache piloted by Army Soldiers from Fort Novosel, Alabama, conduct a training flight on May 20, 2024. 05.20.2024 Video by Lt. Col. Andy Thaggard U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence
U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3, fly MV-22B Ospreys during Exercise Diamond Storm 24 at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, NT, Australia, June 24, 2024. Exercise Diamond Storm is a Royal Australian Air Force-led exercise conducted in northern Australia focused…
By Robbin Laird The F-35 has finally come to Cherry Point. VMFA-542 is the first of eight operational 2nd MAW F-35 squadrons, with six to be F-35B squadrons and two to be F-35C squadrons. As 2nd Lt. John Graham, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, wrote in an article published on February…
