January 29, 2010 — More than 170 Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16 returned to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Jan. 27, after a six-month deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. The Marines, who have been deployed since July 2009, were transported to the air station early this morning, where families and friends MORE
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January 29, 2010 — The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band played tunes, marched to the beat, sang songs and danced for hundreds of high school students while visiting eight highschools during the band’s week-long tour here, Jan. 16-21. The tour was part of several recruiting events the 50-member band performed to provide an inside look at a Marine Corps musician’s daily MORE
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January 28, 2010 — A CH-46E “Sea Knight” and CH-53E “Super Stallion” from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 (Reinforced) took to the sky and crossed the San Diego coastal waters as crews conducted takeoffs and landings aboard the USS Makin Island Jan. 28.The flight was part of training for their deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit in May. A UH-1N MORE
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January 25, 2010 — Many Marines pour themselves into books to learn about the history and traditions of the Marine Corps, but for one Marine Corps Air Station Miramar squadron, history paid them a visit.Three former members of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 visited Jan. 25 to see how the “White Knights” continue to make history.Two of the visitors are original MORE
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January 25, 2010 — Flying at a low altitude while maneuvering through mountainous terrain in a CH-53E “Super Stallion” helicopter can feel like a roller coaster, but the aircrew of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 do it all the time. Two Super Stallions from HMH-465 took to the skies to perform “terrain flying at low altitudes,” known as TERF, at MCAS Yuma, MORE
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January 25, 2010 — In a combat zone, a pilot can’t exactly pull a fighter jet into a gas station and “top off the tank.” He needs an aerial gas station flying at more than 17,000 feet with the capability of pumping 300 gallons or more of fuel per minute -- a KC-130J “Hercules.” Simulating aerial refueling was part of the Marine Aerial Refueling and Transportation MORE
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January 12, 2010 — A dozen Marines and sailors donned their flippers, goggles and helmets aboard a roaring CH-53E “Super Stallion,” as they prepared to jump into the Pacific Ocean. For the Basic Reconnaissance Course, School of Infantry West students, it was just another day in their curriculum, but for Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, MORE
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January 08, 2010 — When a car breaks down, it goes to a mechanic. But when a Navy or Marine Corps F/A -18 jet engine needs repair, it goes to one of three facilities in the world, one being Marine Air Logistics Squadron 11 Power Plants Division at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. MALS-11 has 120 Marines, sailors and civilians working to maintain engines of the 3rd MORE
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January 08, 2010 — The 40-year legacy of the CH-46 “Sea Knight” is built on stories of valor and heroism from Marines in combat missions around the world, but that era is coming to a close as the Marine Corps replaces the Sea Knight with it’s newest bird of prey, the MV-22 “Osprey.” In 2006, the Marine Corps became the first service to host an operational MV-22 MORE
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January 08, 2010 — Having 900 feet to stop a 37,000 pound F/A-18 “Hornet” traveling more than 150 mph is a challenge, but it’s all in a day’s work for recovery Marines. Expeditionary Airfield Systems Technicians, or “recovery” Marines maintain and repair five sets of Vietnam-era E-28 arresting gear used to stop planes on the flight line, and the hard work they put MORE
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