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24/7: Cherry Point’s airfield facilitates flight line operations round-the-clock
Story by Cpl. Tyler J. Bolken | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing & Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | Date: 08.24.2012Every city has its heart, its purpose for being, the thing that it was created for in the first place. Here at Cherry Point, that heart is the airfield. And like the cogs on the wheels in the belly of an antique... Read More
Beach brawl: Cherry Point Marines scrum with rugby brethren
Story by Cpl. Tyler J. Bolken | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing & Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | Date: 08.11.2012Rugby isn’t for the faint of heart and whipping winds and drenching rain wasn’t about to prevent the 2nd annual Blackbeard 7s Beach U.S. Open Rugby Championship Tournament at Atlantic Beach, Aug. 11. Read More
Q & A: New 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Assistant Wing Commander shares thoughts
Story by Cpl. Tyler J. Bolken | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing & Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | Date: 08.03.2012Brig. Gen. Thomas recently arrived aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point from the Pentagon, where he served as the assistant deputy commandant for Marine aviation. Thomas is an F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot... Read More
Marines execute mock rescue mission, culminates Exercise Mailed Fist
Story by Cpl. Tyler J. Bolken | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing & Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | Date: 06.27.2012Hiding in the humid, dense forest of eastern North Carolina June 22, Capt. Nick M. Korent, posing as a downed U.S. Air Force F-15 pilot, found himself in a situation of survival, something pilots fear but train... Read More
With unique amphibious operation, Marine air, ground forces integrate at Exercise Mailed Fist
Story by Cpl. Tyler J. Bolken | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing & Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | Date: 06.21.2012Taking a simple but bold step off the back of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, more than 20 force reconnaissance Marines plunged into the choppy Atlantic Ocean off the North Carolina coast, June 18. Read More
