U.S. Marines Fly Night Strikes in Southwest Asia

09/26/2015
09/26/2015: U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force—Crisis Response—Central Command, prepare and launch F/A-18s for night strike missions in Southwest Asia, July 15, 2015. The pilots of VMFA-232 fly a combination of kinetic strike missions, close air support and reconnaissance sorties supporting USSCENTCOM…

U.S. Marines Launch for F/A-18 strikes in Southwest Asia

09/24/2015
09/24/2015: U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force—Crisis Response—Central Command, prepare and launch F/A-18s for strike missions in Southwest Asia, June 30 – July 8, 2015. The pilots of VMFA-232 fly a combination of kinetic strike missions, close air support and reconnaissance sorties…

VMU-2 RQ-7B Shadow Familiarization flight

08/31/2015
08/31/2015:U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 2 conduct a familiarization flight at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C, on July 1, 2015. VMU-2 conducted the internal squadron training to familiarize its new flight operator to the RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle. Credit:2nd Marine Aircraft Wing…

SPMAGTF-SC Marines board CH-53E

08/25/2015
08/25/2015: U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Southern Command boarding CH-53 Super Stallion at the flight line on Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, July 8, 2015. SPMAGTF-SC is a temporary deployment of Marines and Sailors throughout Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Belize with a focus on building and…

CH-46E Final Flight

08/17/2015
08/17/2015: U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 774 conduct the final flight of two CH-46E Sea Knights at the Fleet Readiness Center East, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. The CH-46E Sea Knight was decommisioned by the U.S. Marine Corps and replaced by the MV-22 Osprey. …

MV-22 Osprey Lands on French Naval Ship

08/16/2015
08/16/2015: GULF OF ADEN (July 5, 2015) An MV-22B Osprey from the "Greyhawks" of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, lands on the flight deck of the French amphibious assault ship BPC Dixmude (L9015). The U.S. Marines and Sailors of the 15th MEU and Essex Amphibious…

U.S. Marines, U.S. Army Soldiers Practice MV-22 External Cargo Lifts

08/08/2015
08/08/2015: A U.S. Marine landing support specialist and U.S. Army Soldiers attach a 1,000-pound cargo load to an MV-22 with a single-point hook during External Cargo Lift Training conducted by Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron-165 (VMM-165), Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force -Crisis Response-Central Command, in an undisclosed location in Southwest…

3rd MAW Ospreys In Support of Insertion Force

08/01/2015
08/01/2015: U.S. Marines loading equipment into multiple MV-22 Ospreys with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166. The MV-22’s then takeoff, transporting equipment to U.S. Marine counterparts in the field, May 16, 2015, in support of Integrated Training Exercise 3-15 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center…