Marine Aviation

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At sea aboard USS Saipan AH-1W "Cobra" helicopters from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron Two Six Nine (HMLA-269) get directions prior to lift off from USS Saipan off the coast of North Carolina. Saipan More

Washington, D.C. (Oct. 27, 2002) At the 12-mile mark, marathon runners get encouraging words from U.S. Marine Corps GySgt Edward Castillo of Chicago, Ill., who's a volunteer from the Marine Aviation Training Su More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MAWTS-1 Scene Camera Opera More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MAWTS-1 Scene Camera Opera More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Port Of Naha Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Adaecus G. Brooks, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Port Of Naha Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Adaecus G. Brooks, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Port Of Naha Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Adaecus G. Brooks, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Port Of Naha Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Adaecus G. Brooks, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic More

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash. (May. 25, 2004) Marine Aviation Supply Specialist Cpl. Israel Alanis is assigned to the "Vikings" of Electronic Attack Squadron One Two Nine (VAQ-129). Alanis has been se More

Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. (Sep. 19, 2004) Executive Officer of Marine Aviation Training Support Group Two One (MATSG-21), Lt. Col. Philip King, inspects his command's spaces on board Naval Air Station P More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Saul Mcsween, Usn Release Status: Released to P More

Pensacola, Fla. (Jun. 02, 2006) Fearing sniper activity from the enemy, Marines from Marine Aviation Training Support Group Two One (MATSG-21), on board Naval Air Station Pensacola, hold their position during a More

Whidbey Island, Wash. (Dec. 07, 2006) (from left) Jerry Wachsmuth, Jim Stansell, Col. William Flannery, commanding officer of Marine Aviation Training Support, Group Fifty-Three and Jim Vyskocic prepare to hono More

SEATTLE (Apr. 03, 2007) Marine Aviation Training Support Group (MATSG) 53 Marine of the Year Sgt. James Palmer throws out the ceremonial first pitch at the 5th Annual Salute to the Armed Forces Night at Safeco More

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Apr. 26, 2008) Members of the Marine Aviation Training Support Group 53 color guard march down Bayshore Drive during the Holland Happening parade in Oak Harbor. This year marked the 39th Holl More

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Jun. 06, 2008) Members assigned to Marine Aviation Training Support Group 53 color guard parade the colors at Oak Harbor Middle School's track during the opening ceremony of the Relay For Lif More

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Jun. 06, 2008) Members of the Marine Aviation Training Support Group 53 color guard lead the opening lap of cancer societies around the Oak Harbor Middle School track for the opening ceremony More

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Jun. 04, 2010) Members of the Marine Aviation Training Support Group (MATSG) 53 Color Guard parade the colors during the opening ceremony of the 2010 Relay For Life of North Whidbey at North More

AH-1W Super Cobras and a host of other air assets are now tasked with providing air support for coalition forces as they undergo a major offensive just south of the Kajaki Dam designed to eliminate one of the f More

The recreation of the Union blockhouse fort guarding a railroad bridge across Slocum Creek as depicted by Staff Sgt. Joseph Frangiosa Jr. The diorama currently resides in the Havelock Tourist Center. This and o More

Maj. Gen. Glenn M. Walters, the senior Marine Corps aviator in Afghanistan, commands 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), the aviation combat element for the southwestern regional command of NATO's International More

U.S. Marines with 2D Marine Logistics Group (Forward) and Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 (VMGR-252) load cargo onto a KC-130J Super Hercules airplane, Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, September 5, 2011 More

Lance Cpl. Sean Titoagustin, a mechanic with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 1, inspects an EA-6B Prowler before a mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 17. Marine Tactical Electronic Warfar More

Master Sgt. Robert Allen is the aircraft rescue firefighting chief for Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, currently deployed to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Allen is a native of Pawnee, Okla.

Staff Sgt. Russell Freeman is a CH-53D Sea Stallion avionics electrician with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363. Freeman, a native of Nacogdoches, Texas, said he joined the military because of the pride he h More

Lance Cpl. Vincent Jablonowski is a bulk fuels specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, currently deployed to Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Jablonowski is from Boulder City, Nev.

Cpl. Bryan Menz serves as a mechanic and crew chief with Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 162, currently deployed to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Menz is a native of Union City, Okla.

Master Sgt. Michael D. Noble is the senior enlisted advisor for Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2 (Forward), currently deployed to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Noble is from Suffolk, Va.

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, deployed to Afghanistan from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., come together to celebrate Thanksgiving at the squadron's compound on Camp Leatherneck, Nov. 24.

Master Sgt. Robert Allen, a native of Pawnee, Okla., serves as the aircraft rescue firefighting chief for Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 in Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. An avid musician, Allen wrote a Chris More

Sgt. Bryan C. Krantz Jr. is an aircraft rescue firefighter with Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, deployed to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Krantz is a 2006 graduate of Kofa High School in Yuma, Ariz.

Cpl. Lucas Chambers, Cpl. Steven Kries, and Cpl. Josey Chambers work together as crew chiefs and mechanics on the UH-1Y Hueys of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. The thr More

Navy Lt. James Johnson Jr., a native of Minneapolis, is the chaplain for Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, deployed to Afghanistan from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz.

Gunnery Sgt. Richard White, a native of Halifax, Va., serves as the utilities chief with Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 in Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.

Gunnery Sgt. Brian LaPointe, the motor transportation company first sergeant for Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, wears a patch for 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment on his flak jacket. LaPointe's son, Lance More

Staff Sgt. James Pribyl, right, and Cpl. Ernest Wetzel work together in Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. More than three years ago, on recruiting duty in Massachusetts, Pribyl More

Cpl. Oscar Machuca is an intelligence analyst with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) in Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Machuca is a native of Pecos, Texas.

Lance Cpl. Alexander Rubio is an administrative clerk with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 in Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Rubio, a native of Union City, N.J., said he likes being part of unit that helps More

Cpl. Eric Laue, a native of Milford, Conn., provides compound security for 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Joshua Wilson is a heavy equipment mechanic with Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, currently deployed to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Wilson is a 2010 graduate of Flagstaff High School in Arizona.

Cpl. Brittany Shelton, an ordnanceman with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, is currently deployed to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Shelton is a native of Cullman, Ala.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeffrey Whitson, a native of Vidalia, Ga., stands at the front of a formation of sailors at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Dec. 20. Whitson, a corpsman assigned to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wi More

Cpl. Ariel Mulkey, a native of Montgomery, Ala., serves as an avionics technician with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Jason O'Hearn works for the fuels division of Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. O'Hearn is a native of Merrillville, Ind.

Staff Sgt. Jessica Speitel is an imagery analyst with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) in Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Speitel is a native of Tulsa, Okla.

Lance Cpl. Michael Isaac is currently deployed to Camp Bastion, Afghanistan as a crew chief on the UH-1Y Huey helicopter with Marine Light Attack Squadron 369. Isaac is a native of Holly, Mich.

An AH-1W Super Cobra with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 flies over Helmand province, Afghanistan on a mission, Jan. 1. Coalition forces in Afghanistan brought in the New Year by continuing counter More

Several Marines from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 came together Jan. 8 to manually lift a main rotor blade into a UH-1Y Huey helicopter undergoing repairs at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. "The Marin More

Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Dakota L. Meyer tests his flight suit on a parachute simulator April 20 aboard Kentucky Air National Guard Base, before his flight on a T/AV-8B Harrier during the Thunder Over Loui More

Staff Sgt. Paul N. Folk, a crewmaster with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, reunites with his children at the squadron hangar aboard Cherry Point, after returning from a 9-month deployment to Afgh More

Ordnance Marines, with Marine Attack Squadron 231, prepare the bottom of an AV-8B Harrier to be mounted with a gun and ammunition pack inside the squadron’s hangar at Cherry Point, June 8. Ordnance Marines are More

Lance Cpl. Matthew T. Floyd, an ordnance technician with Marine Attack Squadron 231, mounts a gun and ammunition pack to the bottom of an AV-8B harrier inside the squadron’s hangar at Cherry Point, June 8. The More

An AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467 screens the ground below, providing a show of force as part of a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft or Personnel training missi More

A player for the Cherry Point rugby digs in trying to outrun players from the all Irish team during the 2nd annual Blackbeard 7s Beach U.S. Open Rugby Championship Tournament at Atlantic Beach in Morehead City, More

Participants in the Cherry Point Sprint Triathlon sport time tracking anklets, standing on the pool deck before diving into the 400-meter swimming portion at the Hancock Pool aboard Marine Corps Air Station Che More

A Marine with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion assembles an M-240B machine gun during a Marine Air Control Group 28 squadron competition, Aug. 30, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. After More

Fly By: Sgt. Jason Rothgeb, a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense specialist with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 12.

Navy Capt. John F. Ferguson, right, the commanding officer of Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, serves a piece of cake to Seaman Travis Wade, a corpsman at the clinic, at the MCAS Cherry Point mess hall Friday. More

Ben Thomas, a golfer on the Tandemloc Inc. team, watches his golf ball fly through the air after hitting it during the Carolina Classic Golf Tournament Oct. 21 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. The More

Cpl. Juliana Moreno, a food service specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274, cuts a pepper in preparation for the Chef of the Year competition Thursday at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Chow More

Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey V. Dagenhart, right, speaks about Sgt. Michael Brawn, during a ceremony Friday in Atlantic Beach, N.C. Brawn received the Service Person of the Quarter Award from the Carteret County Chamber o More

The 1st and 3rd place teams, both from CNATT, pose with their awards after the All-Terrain Unit Competition on Friday at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Teams were made up of 10 competitors, which forced More

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Expendables captain Jermond Griffin dribles down the court during the final minute of an intramural basketball game against the Spartans inside the Marine Dome Oct. 29. Griffin scored 11 point to lead his team More

Yuma's second F-35B, BF-20, flown by Maj. Aric Liberman, a pilot with the new squadron, arrives at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma's flight line following the re-designation ceremony for Marine Fighter Attack Squ More

Timothy A. Cromer works in front of a Harrier on Nov. 20, at Cherry Point. Cromer is a fixed-wing airframe mechanic with Marine Fixed-Wing Attack Squadron 223.

Sgt. Amber Loveless-Bowman and Staff Sgt. Zane Bowman will be recognized as the New Bern Military Alliance Family of the Quarter today at the New Bern Golf and Country Club for their outstanding work in the community.

Lance Cpl. Bradley Bachman, left, and Cpl. Kenneth Storvick, both combat engineers with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, smooth freshly-laid concrete outside the Marine Attack Squadron 223 hangar here Jan. 9.

Lance Cpl. Ashlee Wright, a food service specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274, cuts her mushroom-stuffed pork loin during the Chef of the Quarter competition.

Lance Cpl. Ashlee Wright, a food service specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274, cuts her mushroom-stuffed pork loin during the Chef of the Quarter competition.

A junior athlete with the Tarheels youth basketball team shoots a free throw during practice at the Cherry Tree House on Jan. 24. The Tarheels are part of the Cherry Point Marine Corps Community Services youth More

Cpl. Adam Mastrogiovanni and Lance Cpl. Larry Holmes, gunners with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, consult a defense advanced GPS receiver during a land navigation exercise here Jan. 31. The land naviga More

Cpl. Adam Mastrogiovanni, a gunner with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, marks that he had located a point during a land navigation exercise on Cherry Point Jan. 31. Mastrogiovanni is a student in the ba More

A gunner with 2nd LAAD squeezes the trigger on a STLS Feb. 8. The trainer fires a 25-pound aluminum sleeve that can fly as far as 100 yards.

A Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 Marine bids farewell to his child Wednesday before departing for Afghanistan. The Marines, along with detachments from a variety of fields, are filling critical More

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadrons 471 and 473, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, began a humanitarian aid project to expand an aircraft landing strip for native Alaskans in Old Harbor More

The F-35B variant of the Joint Strike Fighter demonstrates its capabilities on the USS Wasp while being tested by Marine Corps and Lockheed Martin pilots and engineers off the coast of North Carolina, Aug. 19, More

Giving full, 360-degree situational awareness to his pilots, Swedish Sgt. David Fredrikson, a UH-60 Black Hawk mission specialist with Swedish Air Force 21st UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter Wing, relays the locatio More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Walter L. Miller Jr., commanding general of Regional Command (Southwest), prepares to board a UH-1N Huey helicopter at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2013. More

(Left to Right) Major Mike Ford, commanding officer of Marine Corps Recruiting Station Phoenix, presents Sgt. Gerardo Avellaneda, a recruiter for Recruiting Sub-Station Yuma, a noncommissioned officer sword for More

Lt. Col. Jenifer Nothelfer, the Recruiting Station Des Moines recruiting support officer, talks about Marine Corps officer programs at the 25th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference at the Disney Co More

Capt. Nicole Jansen-Hinnenkamp, a 7525 F/A-18D weapons system officer, talks about the Marine Corps Aviation Program at the 25th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference at Disney’s Coronado Springs Re More

The first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501) lands aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, July 17. The aircraft is the first to join V More

The first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing was performed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Aug. 1. The landing was executed by Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadr More

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Aug. 15, 2014) Musician 1st Class Luis Espinosa directs the U.S. Fleet Forces band during the Marine Aviation Training Support Group 33 change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station Ocean More

Pilots with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312 (VMFA-312) took to the skies during a defensive counter air training mission flown with multiple squadrons across the East Coast over the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 19. More

Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501), the Marine Corps' only F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter training squadron, completed their first F-35B Lightning II takeoff supported entirely by More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Edward J. Britt, an avionics technician assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 366, watches CH-53E Super Stallions land aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C More

The Marines of Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 participate in a squadron-wide field meet aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Oct. 10. The field meet consisted of various events including Humvee pull, 7-t More

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort's Provost Marshal's Office responds to a suicidal ideation from a resident aboard Laurel Bay housing community, S.C., Nov. 5. Emergency personnel responded to the residence rap More

Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312, Marine Aircraft Group 31, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31 and Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 return to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort after deploying More

An F-5N Tiger II with Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401, sits on the flightline aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Jan. 28. VMFT-401, based at MCAS Yuma, Ariz., is aboard Fightertown to provide advers More

Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, welcomes the first United Kingdom F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Feb. 3. The jet was flown by U.K. Royal Air Force More

A by the numbers look at Joint Task Force 505 relief efforts during Operation Sahayogi Haat (Helping Hand) in Nepal as of May 11, 2015. The Nepalese government requested assistance after a 7.8 magnitude earthqu More

Lt. Col. Edward Powers, commanding officer of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 469, briefs his squadron moments before a search and rescue mission for a missing UH-1Y Huey, six Marines and two Nep More

An MV-22 with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron-165 (VMM-165), Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force—Crisis Response—Central Command, is prepared for Aerial Gunnery Training in Southwest Asia, July 15, 20 More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Zachary Claus and Lance Cpl. Luis Alvarez, avionics technicians with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron – 165 (VMM – 165), Special Purpose Marine Air – Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – More

Two MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 166 and VMM-363, join the USS Boxer to conduct flight operations while off the coast of Southern California, July 24. Marines and aircraft from the More

Capt. Brian Jordan, a UH-1Y Huey pilot with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron (HMLAT) 303, and a Corpus Christi, Texas native, performs maintenance on a UH-1Y Huey aboard the USS Boxer, July 26. More