On Jan. 31, F/A-18 and F-35B fighters assigned to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing conduct a Marine Aircraft Wing for the opening of Exercise Winter Fury 22.
U.S. Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), refuel F-35Bs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, MAG 11, 3rd MAW, at a forward arming refueling point (FARP) during Winter Fury at Grant County Municipal Airport, Moses Lake, Washington, Feb. 2, 2022. A FARP is a key component of expeditionary advanced base operations as it allows the Marine Corps to refuel and, rearm in a distributed environment. Winter Fury 22 trains the Marines of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing for a highly contested environment, assess the training and equipment as a naval expeditionary force-in-readiness, and ability to operate inside actively contested maritime spaces in support of fleet operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Rachaelanne Woodward)
Winter Fury 22 is the largest Marine aviation exercise on the West Coast and other exercise events include aerial refueling operations, airfield damage repair operations, as well as transporting and establishing a forward arming and refueling point.
