Red Flag 14-13 Update

07/23/2014
07/23/2014: Video highlights aircraft taking off during Red Flag 14-13.  An F-15E from the 335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, N. C., comes in for landing during Red Flag 14-3 July 17 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is conducted on the vast…

Aerial Refueling Training Exercise

04/15/2014
04/15/2014: A KC-130J Hercules aircraft assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 is flown over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of N.C., April 14, 2014. VMGR-252 flew day and night refueling exercises with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 264 and 266.  [slidepress gallery='aerial-refueling-training-exercise'] Credit:2nd Marine Aircraft Wing…

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines Come to Latvia

04/10/2014
04/09/2014:Marines with Weapon's Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force ride in Latvian Bandvagn 206 tracked vehicles during Summer Shield, 7 April 2014, aboard Camp Adazi, Latvia. The tracked vehicles allow the Latvian military to mobilize their 82mm mortar systems.  Credit: Black Sea Rotational  Force:4/7/14 The…

LCAC Landing at Onslow Beach

03/14/2014
03/14/2014: A U.S. Navy landing craft, air cushion with the Amphibious Assault Unit 4 brings U.S. Marines and equipment with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to the beach during a beach assault at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 4, 2013.  The MEU recently completed the Composite Training…

Ospreys and Landing Zone Flexibilities

02/11/2014
02/11/2014: The operational flexibility of a tiltrotar is clearly seen when the Marines approach landing sites.  The ability to maneuver through the battlespace to shape alternative pathways to an LZ is important.  The ability to get away rapidly in transition from rotor to plane mode is also a key capability.…

Alligator River Rescue by USCG

01/26/2014
01/26/2014: The crew of the Permission Impossible, a 22-foot sailboat, contacted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center watchstanders via VHF-FM channel 16 at approximately 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, reporting their sailboat was aground and were in need of assistance.  A Jayhawk crew from Coast Guard Air Station…

Testing the Osprey on High-Altitude and Long Range Rescue

10/12/2013
10/12/2013: In September 2013, VMX-22 and the MARSOC participated in testing the capabilities of the Osprey and its upgraded software to perform long range and high altitude rescue missions. According to the CO of the squadron, Col. Michael Orr: As part of our operational test on a new Osprey software,…

Special Purpose MAGTF Africa Training

06/03/2013
06/03/2013: Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa provide security after disembarking from an MV-22 Osprey during a field training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 16, 2012. Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa was training for their deployment to Europe. [slidepress gallery='special-purpose-magtf-training'] Credit:22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit:11/16/12 In the…