December 21, 2009 — As the sun set over California’s colorful horizon, pilots of two steel-gray CH-53E “Super Stallions” revved up and taxied down Marine Corps Air Station Miramar’s flight line en route to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to transport more than 200 Marines and sailors, Dec. 2. Once the Super Stallions landed on Camp Horno’s mountainous surface, MORE
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December 17, 2009 — Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 entered a new era in aviation Saturday as the MV-22 “Osprey” landed to begin the replacement of the CH-46 “Sea Knight” and its 44-year legacy. VMM-161 received its first Osprey Dec. 12 and is the first West Coast-based squadron to convert to the tilt-rotor platform.“We are all very excited and pleased to have it MORE
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December 14, 2009 — Pilots with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 completed the carrier qualifications portion of their course and came one step closer to graduating from the Fleet Replacement Squadron while training aboard the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), Dec. 7 through 14. Throughout the week, pilots took turns taking off and landing aboard the MORE
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December 02, 2009 — The CH-53E “Super Stallion’s” size and operating range enables aircrew to bring dozens of Marines to remote combat zones, even when they prove unfit for landing and require troops to leap from thousands of feet. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, MORE
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