Aviation News
The commanding officer of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW), Maj. Gen. Steven Busby, said Nov. 20 at the Milcom conference that he would welcome having some MV-22s getting aerial tanking capability.
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To help improve the air traffic control at Tacloban airport, Leyte, Philippines, the U.S. Marine Corps set up a mobile air traffic navigational, integration and coordination system there.
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The MV-22 will make its public appearance in Japan during the JASDF airshow in Nyutabaru Air Base on Dec. 1.
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Six more VM-22B Ospreys from VMM-265 arrive in the Philippines on Nov. 15-16, bringing the total number of Ospreys there to fourteen.
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MV-22Bs from VMM-265 (REIN) executed two aerial refueling missions Oct. 30 and Nov. 7 off the southeast coast of Okinawa.
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Photo by Lance Cpl. Anne K. Henry
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