U.S. Marines with Marine all Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 224 conduct pre-flight inspections on an F/A-18D Hornet assigned to VMFA(AW)-224, prior to departure for Trident Juncture 18 at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, Oct. 15, 2018. MCAS Beaufort October 15, 2018
01/12/2017: Retired 1st Lt. John J. O'Leary, a Marine veteran of World War II, celebrated his 100th birthday Dec. 23, 2016. O'Leary fought on Guam and witnessed the bombardment of Iwo Jima as a member of 3rd Joint Assault Signal Company. Semper Fi from SldInfo.com on Vimeo. Video by…
01/20/2014: Working on Helos at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan [slidepress gallery='working-on-helos-at-camp-bastion-afghanistan'] Credit: Regional Command Southwest:11/28/13 In the first two photos, pilots return to Camp Bastion in their AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopter following a routine mission in Helmand, Afghanistan Nov. 28. In the third photo, a Marine with Marine Light Attack Helicopter…
11/25/2013: U.S. Marines conducting Forward Arming and Refueling Point operations Nov. 21 at Guiuan Airfield, Republic of the Philippines, during Operation Damayan. In this case, obviously the Marines are doing a Refueling Support Operation only. The Marines supporting the Typhoon Haiyan relief effort are with III Marine Expeditionary Brigade in…
08/27/2013: U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct forward observation and call for fire during PHIBRON MEU Integrated Training June 14, 2013. PMINT is a three week long pre-deployment training event focusing on the combined Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Ready Group capabilities and…
06/28/2012: Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 performing the first ever mid flight, unmanned helicopter external cargo hook ups, or "hot Hook Ups", with landing support team Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 5. Credit:Marine Corps Air Station Miramar / 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing:6/5/12
07/27/2011: Osprey Training [slidepress gallery='osprey-training'] Credit: 1st Marine Logistics Group: 07/18/2011 In the first photo, Landing Support Marines with Headquarters and Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, attach an external cargo load to a V-22 Osprey at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat…
First ATC Marine qualified on UK radar controller position 11/05/2010 - U.K. Sgt. Paul Rigby, the Air Traffic Control officer, 903rd Expeditionary Air Wing, here observes Sgt. Thomas C. Foster, an air traffic controller with Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), as he monitors the radar…
