VMFA-232 Maintainers at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska

05/15/2019
U. S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, perform maintenance checks on an F/A-18C Hornet during Red Flag-Alaska (RF-A) 19-1 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 5.  RF-A 19-1 is a series of U.S. Pacific Air Force commander-directed…

Marine Air-Ground Task Force Demo (2)

11/07/2018
Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and 1st Marine Expeditionary Force demonstrate the capabilities of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force during the 2018 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show on MCAS Miramar, Calif. MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, CA, UNITED STATES 09.28.2018 Video by Lance Cpl. Israel Chincio  Marine Corps…

Marine Air-Ground Task Force Demo 

10/29/2018
Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and 1st Marine Expeditionary Force demonstrate the capabilities of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force during the 2018 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show on MCAS Miramar, Calif. MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, CA, UNITED STATES 09.28.2018 Video by Lance Cpl. Israel Chincio  Marine Corps…

Red Flag Alaska, 2018

10/11/2018
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska  RED FLAG-Alaska 19-1, a realistic training exercise of simulated combat, is scheduled to begin Oct. 4 and continue through Oct. 18, 2018. Throughout RF-A 19-1, international partners from the Republic of Korea Air Force and the Finnish Air Force will experience what RF-A has to…

F-35B Lightning II Onboard the USS Essex

12/03/2017
12/03/2017: U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II pilots assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in carrier qualifications aboard the USS Essex (LHD-2) during Exercise Dawn Blitz, Oct. 22, 2017. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven amphibious exercise conducted between Expeditionary Strike…

F-35B Lightning II Carrier Qualifications

12/01/2017
12/01/2017: U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II pilots assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in carrier qualifications aboard the USS Essex (LHD-2) during Exercise Dawn Blitz, Oct. 22, 2017. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven amphibious exercise conducted between Expeditionary Strike…

Deck Landing Qualifications Onboard the USS Essex

10/30/2017
10/30/2017: U.S. Marine Corps pilots assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, fly CH-53E Super Stallions and MV-22B Ospreys while participating in deck landing qualifications aboard the USS Essex (LHD-2) during Exercise Dawn Blitz, Oct. 21, 2017. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven amphibious exercise conducted between Expeditionary Strike…

Exercise Dawn Blitz 2017

10/27/2017
10/27/2017: U.S, Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys and CH-53E Super Stallions assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing embark aboard the USS Essex (LHD-2) in support of Exercise Dawn Blitz Oct. 20, 2017. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven amphibious exercise conducted between Expeditionary Strike Group 3 and 1st Marine…