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VMFA-314 at JASDF Komatsu for DACT training

Posted on March 8, 2016March 8, 2016 by alert5

VMFA-314 packed up and traveled from MCAS Iwakuni to JASDF Komatsu Air Base on Mar. 7 for the Komatsu Aviation Training Relocation exercise.

Photo: U.S. Marine Corps
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Robert Work agreed that V-22 pilots were incorrectly blamed for crash in 2000

Posted on March 3, 2016March 3, 2016 by alert5

It was good news for the families of late Lt. Col. John Brow and Maj. Brooks Gruber after Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work stated officially that the two men were incorrectly blamed as the primary cause of a V-22 crash in April 2000 that killed them and 17 other Marines.

By Cpl Christopher Q. Stone [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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SPMAGTF-CR-AF participates in exercise Sky Soldier

Posted on March 3, 2016 by alert5

Here are some of the better pictures taken during Exercise Sky Soldier in Spain last month.

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa fly enroute from Pozo La Higueara drop zone to La Felipe drop zone after insertion of 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team soldiers during exercise Sky Soldier, Spain, Feb. 27, 2016. SPMAGTF-CR-AF participated in exercise Sky Soldier which promotes interoperability between Marine Corps Aviation assets and American and Spanish Airborne and Air Mobile forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kassie L. McDole/Released)

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response- Africa conducts an external load operation during exercise Sky Soldier, La Felipe drop zone, Spain, Feb. 27, 2016. SPMAGTF-CR-AF participated in exercise Sky Soldier which promotes interoperability between Marine Corps Aviation assets and American and Spanish Airborne and Air Mobile forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kassie L. McDole/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response- Africa await to load the first wave of 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team soldiers during exercise Sky Soldier, La Felipe drop zone, Spain, Feb. 27, 2016. SPMAGTF-CR-AF participated in exercise Sky Soldier which promotes interoperability between Marine Corps Aviation assets and American and Spanish Airborne and Air Mobile forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kassie L. McDole/Released)

Prowler “Final Four” division flight

Posted on March 2, 2016March 2, 2016 by alert5

Three EA-6B Prowlers belonging to each Prowler squadron aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point conducted a "Final Four" division flight aboard the air station March 1, 2016. The "Final Four" flight is the last time the Prowler squadrons will be flying together before the official retirement of Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron 1 at the end of Fiscal Year 16 and the eventual transition to "MAGTF EW". MAGTF EW is a more distributed strategy where every platform contributes to the EW mission, enabling relevant tactical information to move throughout the electromagnetic spectrum and across the battlefield faster than ever before. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. N.W. Huertas/Released) — Three EA-6B Prowlers belonging to each Prowler squadron aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point conducted a “Final Four” division flight aboard the air station March 1, 2016. The “Final Four” flight is the last time the Prowler squadrons will be flying together before the official retirement of Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron 1 at the end of Fiscal Year 16 and the eventual transition to “MAGTF EW”. MAGTF EW is a more distributed strategy where every platform contributes to the EW mission, enabling relevant tactical information to move throughout the electromagnetic spectrum and across the battlefield faster than ever before. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. N.W. Huertas/Released)

U.S. Marines fire FIM-92C in Norway

Posted on February 28, 2016February 28, 2016 by alert5

U.S. Marines with Bravo Battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion fire FIM-92C Stinger missiles at Vaagan Range at Orland, Norway, Feb 24-25 as part of exercise Cold Response 16.