September 25, 2009 — More than 300 family members and friends of deployed Marines and sailors cheered boisterously, held up signs and waited anxiously on the air station’s flight line for the return of their heroes. Their six-month wait ended when 93 Marines and sailors from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 and 52 from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 11 returned MORE
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September 24, 2009 — When a helicopter, truck, or other mission-essential vehicle runs out of fuel in a remote location in a combat zone, one option is to have transport helicopters like CH-53E “Super Stallions” deliver fuel by air. A Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 Super Stallion conducted the tactical bulk refueling of two Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron MORE
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September 18, 2009 — Wherever there are Marines there’s a Navy hospital corpsman nearby, whether at sea, in the desert or on a Marine installation. For Marine Aircraft Group 16, “nearby” means just feet away from the air station flight line. In a small, aged white building in front of hangar 5, a group of corpsman stand ready for anything that might come their way. MORE
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September 18, 2009 — Leaders must set the example for junior Marines in the Marine Corps, leading from the front during combat, training and life situations. Both the assistant wing commander and sergeant major of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing participated in the Experienced Riders Course, Aug. 26. The one-day course helps motorcycle riders fine tune their riding MORE
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September 17, 2009 — Even when he is in the sky, the pilot of an F/A-18 “Hornet” fighter jet depends on many Marines on the ground to keep him safe, like the leathernecks of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323’s seat shop.As the name of the shop suggests, these Marines are in charge of the maintenance and repair of a vital, lifesaving piece of equipment in the cockpit – MORE
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September 17, 2009 — Putting Marines on a ship full of pirates, rescuing air crew from a crash in a hostile area and clearing a building full of insurgents from the roof down are all scenarios that use fast roping to help Marines complete their mission. Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165, the “White Knights,” traveled to Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center MORE
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September 15, 2009 — Andrea Jackson anxiously anticipated introducing her five-month-old son to his father, one of 193 Marines and sailors who returned home Sept. 14.Marines and sailors from Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 11 returned to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar following a six-month deployment to Malaysia, MORE
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September 11, 2009 — Over time, the stress of countless training flights from aircraft has left the expeditionary airfield here in need of repair. The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing called upon one of its squadrons to replace the airfield’s parking apron, taxiway and runway with new AM-2 matting. Marines and sailors from Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, Marine Wing Support MORE
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September 11, 2009 — Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16, or the “Forerunners,” will receive recognition as one of the best maintenance units in the Department of Defense. The squadron will receive the 2009 Secretary of Defense Maintenance Award in the medium category on Sept. 28, for the second time in three years. “This accomplishment is a statement of the MORE
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September 11, 2009 — A UH-1Y "Huey" flew with six Marines dangling from a rope above a crowd of 300 service members and their families, Aug. 29, kicking off Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 Family Day aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.The family day featured close air support, fast-roping, Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction Systems and ordnance MORE
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