VMM-363 Loads and Stows Ospreys for Okinawa Japan

07/23/2013
07/23/2013: U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing load and stow nine MV-22B Ospreys for shipment to Okinawa, Japan on Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego Calif., June 15, 2013. Loading the Ospreys completed the third phase for…

VMM-363 Prepare Ospreys to be Shipped to Okinawa, Japan

07/11/2013
07/11/2013: U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing prepare to preserve nine MV-22B Osprey aircraft for shipment to Okinawa, Japan on Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, Calif., June 9, 2013. The nine aircraft are being transferred to Okinawa,…

Amphibs on Deployment

10/24/2011
10/24/2011: Amphibs on Deployment [slidepress gallery='amphibs-on-deployment'] Credit: USN Visual Service:Various dates in September 2011 In the first two photos, Amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) gets underway off the coast of Naval Air Station, North Island, Calif. In the third picture Petty Officer 3rd Class Larry Ildefonso (right)…