11/11/2017: Landing Support Specialists with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, conduct helicopter support team drills with an MV-22C Osprey at Morón Air Base, Spain, Oct. 4, 2017. SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployed to conduct limited crises-response and theatre-security operation in Europe and North Africa. MORóN AIR BASE, MORóN, SPAIN 10.03.2017 Video by Sgt.…
09/21/2017: U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa and Spanish paratroopers practice aerial delivery of troops and cargo via a Marine KC-130J Hercules aircraft near Torrejón Air Base, Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployed to conduct limited crisis-response and theater-security operations in Europe and North Africa. 08.21.2017 Video by Cpl. Jodson…
08/20/2016: French Army soldiers with 35th Infantry Regiment and U.S. Marines with Bravo company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa execute an insert and extraction exercise hosted by French Army Center for Urban Combat Training instructors aboard Camp Sissonne, France, June 22, 2016. SPMAGTF-CR-AF Marines…
08/10/2016: U.S. Marines with Bravo and Charlie company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa execute a Non-combatant evacuation operation exercise hosted by French Army Center for Urban Combat Training instructors aboard Camp Sissonne, France, June 21, 2016. SPMAGTF-CR-AF Marines trained alongside a company of French…
01/28/2016: U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa extract a notional French downed pilot during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise, Dec. 7 near Albacete, Spain. TRAP exercise was a part of a month-long Tactical Leadership Programme Flying Course, designed to train fighter jet pilots from…
09/21/2015: An MV-22B Osprey with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, conducted deck landing qualifications aboard Spanish amphibious assault ship Juan Carlos I off the coast of Spain, Sept. 9. The amphibious ship JUAN CARLOS I is a multipurpose vessel and the largest warship built in Spain. The Australians…
03/17/2015: U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa completed an aerial refueling mission from Morón Air Base, Spain, Feb. 25, 2015. Two MV-22B Ospreys connected to refueling lines on a KC-130J, which refueled the Ospreys over the Atlantic Ocean. The ability to complete inflight refueling greatly extends…
