A Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter refuels Dec. 9 at
A Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter refuels Dec. 9 at Charlie runway on Tinian’s North Field during Exercise Forager Fury II to execute a forward arming and refueling point training. The series of exercises, which... More
Amphibious Assault Vehicles with 3rd Battalion, 7th
Amphibious Assault Vehicles with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, approach Range 220, a Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain facility, aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Cali... More
A flying look into women's history
Capt. Elizabeth A. Okoreeh-Baah, the first female MV-22 Osprey pilot, stands on the flight line after a combat operation March 12, 2008. The Nashville, Tenn., native spent five years flying the CH-46E Sea Knigh... More
Iraqi army soldiers from the 27th Iraqi infantry brigade,
Iraqi army soldiers from the 27th Iraqi infantry brigade, 7th Iraqi infantry division search a pile of junk for any signs of insurgent activity in a wadi east of Baghdadi, Iraq, on March 18. The soldiers have b... More
Iraqi army soldiers from the 27th Iraqi Infantry Brigade,
Iraqi army soldiers from the 27th Iraqi Infantry Brigade, 7th Iraqi Infantry Division, patrol through a wadi east of Baghdadi, Iraq, March 18. The soldiers arrived to the wadi in MV-22 Ospreys, the first time ... More
MV-22 Osprey, US forces in Iraq
Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), shut down an MV-22 Osprey after a mission, July 10. The "Golden Eagles" recently celebrated their 57th birthday June 30th, ... More
Osprey Look Out, US Marine Corps Photo
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Theo Mahiai of Molokai, Hawaii, an MV-22 Osprey crew chief from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266, keeps a watchful eye out the rear of his aircraft on the flightline at Al Asad Air Ba... More
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class (FMF) Joseph Williams,
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class (FMF) Joseph Williams, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Alejandro Calzada and Marine Staff Sgt. Jenna Kumpf stand by near an MV-22B Osprey after medically evacuating a USS Nassau (LHA 4) ... More
Medical evacuation, US Navy Photogrpah
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Alejandro Calzada looks to the cockpit of a MV-22B Osprey with VMM-162 carrying an injured Sailor. The Sailor was medically evacuated from USS Nassau (LHA 4) to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,... More
Two MV-22 "Osprey" aircraft from Marine Tiltrotor Squadron
Two MV-22 "Osprey" aircraft from Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 161 take off from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Feb. 12. Almost a dozen CH-53E "Super Stallion" aircraft preceded the Osprey aircraft as part of Th... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Hernandez signals an MV-22
Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Hernandez signals an MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, to take off from the flight deck of the amphibious a... More
Rear Adm. Garry White, commander Strike Force Training
Rear Adm. Garry White, commander Strike Force Training Atlantic, meets with Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall. Carter Hall is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Gro... More
Osprey takes on 'Brown-Out' in Afghanistan
An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 lands in "brown out" conditions during routine missions, July 15. Osprey and other helicopter pilots face these types of landings every day as they sup... More
United Kingdom Cpl. Mark Bone, an arming landing point
United Kingdom Cpl. Mark Bone, an arming landing point commander with 664 Squadron, Army Air Corps, gets a quick seat belt lesson from U.S. Marine Sgt. John Leist, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squa... More
An Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) observes an
An Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) observes an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan. Bataan is underway conducting land... More
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 celebrates receiving
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 celebrates receiving their first MV-22 "Osprey" in an unvieling ceremony Oct. 20 in their hangar.
'Sea Elk' opens doors to local Marines
Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., exit an MV-22 "Osprey" from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 during "Warrior Day" at the flight line here Jan. 10.... More
Two MV-22 "Ospreys" from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
Two MV-22 "Ospreys" from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 fly over San Diego, Jan. 11. The Marine Corps Air Station Miramar-based aircraft flew to Yuma, Ariz., to practice landing in formations of three aircraft.
Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team
Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, load a MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron VMM-261 (Reinforced), 24th Marin... More
Sgt. Paul Arnold, left, and Lance Cpl. Carl Rowan,
Sgt. Paul Arnold, left, and Lance Cpl. Carl Rowan, both assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Airman Charles Cutshall, aviation machinist's mate, tig... More
USS Carl Vinson action - A woman in a blue shirt is working on a piece...
Airman Tracey Gonzales, aviation support equipment technician, assigned to Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department, performs maintenance on a mobile electric powerplant aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft car... More
An MV-22 "Osprey" from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
An MV-22 "Osprey" from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 makes a vertical landing at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Feb. 17. Sgt. Allen Hilliard, a crew chief with VMM-561, keeps a careful eye on the Ospre... More
Marine Aircraft Group 16 of Marine Corps Air Station
Marine Aircraft Group 16 of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar celebrated 100,000 flight hours with the MV-22 "Osprey" Feb. 18. The hours take into account total flight time from the Air Force and Marine Corps V-... More
Marines with Force Reconnaissance Company, II Marine
Marines with Force Reconnaissance Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force, prepare to board an MV-22 Osprey aboard one of the training fields around Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 17, to conduct a f... More
Sgt. Joseph W. Meccico, a crew chief with Marine Medium
Sgt. Joseph W. Meccico, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264, communicates with the flight crew of a MV-22B Osprey during takeoff from Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Rawhid... More
A KC-130J Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport
A KC-130J Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 rests on the Camp Bastion, Afghanistan flightline prior to escorting three MV-22 Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 to Naval ... More
A KC-130J Hercules belonging to Marine Aerial Refueler
A KC-130J Hercules belonging to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 flies over the Middle East with two Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 MV-22B Ospreys, April 3. Six Ospreys with Marine Medium Til... More
Lance Cpl. Andrew J. Handshue, left, and Sgt. Richard
Lance Cpl. Andrew J. Handshue, left, and Sgt. Richard Simpson, right, airframe mechanics with Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, work on an MV-22B Osprey aboard ... More
VMM-263 (REIN) Osprey Airframe Mechanics Keep Transformers in Flight
Lance Cpl. Andrew J. Handshue, left, and Sgt. Richard Simpson, right, airframe mechanics with Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, work on an MV-22B Osprey aboard ... More
Marines with the platoon designated for tactical recovery
Marines with the platoon designated for tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, respond to a... More
Pilots aboard an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium
Pilots aboard an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to land aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan. Bataan i... More
While flying over the ocean off the coast of San Diego,
While flying over the ocean off the coast of San Diego, an MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 receives fuel from a KC-130J Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 May 12... More
Marines from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263
Marines from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, perform maintenance on an MV-22B Osprey aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan. Bataan is the ... More
The National Museum of the Marine Corps Traveling Exhibit in Federal H...
Sgt. Mohamed Mohamed, a New York native and personnel chief, 1st Marine Recruiting District, stands with the The National Museum of the Marine Corps Traveling Exhibit in Federal Hall. The exhibit contains a col... More
Spectators wave and take photos of the MV-22 Osprey
Spectators wave and take photos of the MV-22 Osprey leaving after a helicopter raid demonstration at Eisenhower Park during Fleet Week New York 2011, May 28. The demonstration was held by Marines with the 24th ... More
USS Bataan action, US Navy Photogrpah
An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, launches from the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan during routine flight operations. Bataan is t... More
Cpl. Jeb Sayer walks atop an MV-22B Osprey while performing
Cpl. Jeb Sayer walks atop an MV-22B Osprey while performing general maintenance in Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264’s hangar at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, June 16. Sayer is a flightline mechanic with VMM-26... More
Cpl. Travis Alder, Flintstone, Md., native is an MV-22B
Cpl. Travis Alder, Flintstone, Md., native is an MV-22B Osprey crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264, deployed out of Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C. He is currently serving his first to... More
A sailor aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault
A sailor aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan guides an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced) onto the ship's flight deck. Bataan is the command ship ... More
An MV-22B Osprey approaches USS Bataan
An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced) approaches the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan during routine flight operations. Bataan is the command ship of the ... More
Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion,
Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, rush into a MV-22B Osprey here July 15. Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 partnered with 1st Recon to train on expediently entering and exiting the a... More
Biofuel test flight, US Navy Photogrpah
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey lifts off from Naval Air Station Patuxent River during a successful biofuel test flight. The tilt-rotor aircraft flew at altitudes of up to 25,000 feet on a 50-50 blend of camel... More
Ospreys perform performs low and high altitude tactics
A U.S. Marine MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 166, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), performs low and high altitude tactics during a squadron Deployment For Training (DFT) aboard ... More
Staff Sgt. Ryan W. Davis, a phase crew coordinator
Staff Sgt. Ryan W. Davis, a phase crew coordinator with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165 and a Springfield, Ore., native, manually rotates the propeller rotor gear box of an MV-22B Osprey aboard Marine Corp... More
An MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
An MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 kicks up a dirt storm during a confined area landing at a dirt landing zone in Belize Saturday. In combat theaters, it is necessary to land at unimprove... More
Lance Cpl. Dylan Wolff, a chemical, biological, radiological
Lance Cpl. Dylan Wolff, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist and a Manitowoc, Wisc., native, and Pfc. Alexis Satterwhite, a heavy equipment operator and a Downey, Calif., native, both wit... More
An MV-22B Osprey helicopter takes part in the Marine
An MV-22B Osprey helicopter takes part in the Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration during the 2011 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show Oct. 1 aboard MCAS Miramar. The MAGTF demonstrated the capabili... More
Sgt. Dante Collins, a team leader with 1st Reconnaissance
Sgt. Dante Collins, a team leader with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion and a San Diego native, guides a team member onto the fast rope during the Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration at the 2011 Marine Corps... More
An MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
An MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 sits on the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island here Oct. 3. The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked the Makin Island, the amphibious transport... More
An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 participates in a confined area landing exercise Oct. 20 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. The squadron used two ne... More
Two MV-22 Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
Two MV-22 Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron VMM-261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, land on the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima Oct. 25, 2011, during the 24th MEU's first at sea... More
U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Medium Tilt-Rotor Squadron
U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Medium Tilt-Rotor Squadron 165, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, perform confined aerial landings at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Nov. 4. This was the first time that VMM-165 c... More
Marines rig Osprey in darkness
Marines from Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, rig a 1,000-pound cement block to the bottom of an MV-22 Osprey during a training exercise at Marine Corps Air Sta... More
The Honorable Alan D. Solomont, U.S. Ambassador to
The Honorable Alan D. Solomont, U.S. Ambassador to Spain, arrives aboard the USS Iwo Jima for a ceremony commemorating the centennial of U.S. Marine Corps aviation, Nov. 13, 2012. The ceremony was hosted on USS... More
Last CH-46E flight before re-designation
Lt. Col. Joseph Levreault, commanding officer of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163 and a South Hadley, Mass., native, celebrates after a traditional “wet down” following the unit’s last flight of the CH-46E... More
U.S. Marines from the Battalion Landing Team, 22nd
U.S. Marines from the Battalion Landing Team, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, run off a V-22 Osprey during a training mission at a range near Arta, Djibouti, Dec. 28. The 22nd MEU conducted a training exercise ... More
Mikio Shimoji, member of the Japanese House of
Mikio Shimoji, member of the Japanese House of Representatives, People’s New Party for Okinawa district one, observes a pilot operating the MV-22B Osprey simulator aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif... More
Maj. Gen. Andrew O’Donnell Jr., commanding general
Maj. Gen. Andrew O’Donnell Jr., commanding general of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, speaks with Shozo Azuma, member of the Japanese House of Representatives, Democratic Party of Japan, before Azuma’s first flight a... More
Mikio Shimoji, member of the Japanese House of
Mikio Shimoji, member of the Japanese House of Representatives, People’s New Party for Okinawa district one, boards an MV-22B Osprey for his first flight in the aircraft, Jan. 19. Japanese dignitaries visited t... More
Marines and sailors with Weapons Company, Battalion
Marines and sailors with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, and Military Police Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 24 both from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, r... More
Marines and sailors with Weapons Company, Battalion
Marines and sailors with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, and Military Police Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 24, both from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit,... More
Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 561 check
Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 561 check mattress stacks for stabilization, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 13. VMM-561 conducted emergency landing pad procedures for MV-22B... More
A U.S. Marine Corps V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft
A U.S. Marine Corps V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft lands on the landing zone of Lashkar Gar Training Center in Helmand province, Afghansitan, Feb. 21, 2012.
Lance Cpl. Branden I. Mangus, a Canton, Ga., native,
Lance Cpl. Branden I. Mangus, a Canton, Ga., native, observes the ground from the rear hatch of an MV-22B Osprey titlrotor aircraft May 6 during routine training at Kadena Air Base Area and Marine Corps Air Sta... More
An educator sits in the cockpit of an MV-22B Osprey
An educator sits in the cockpit of an MV-22B Osprey during an educators’ workshop aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 29. The workshop allowed educators to see the Marine Corps in a hands-on l... More
Marines with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment disembark
Marines with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment disembark an MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 28. Two VMM-365 crews, with close-air-support from Ma... More
Maj. Joe L. Moore, center left, discusses the history
Maj. Joe L. Moore, center left, discusses the history of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma July 17 on MCAS Futenma with government officials from Wakayama prefecture, Japan. During the briefing, participants not... More
U.S. Marines with the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment,
U.S. Marines with the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, and Afghan soldiers observe an MV-22B Osprey helicopter, assigned to the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365, 3rd Marin... More
Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165 prepare
Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165 prepare for a tactical formation flight and confined area landing training exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., April 24. Tactical formatio... More
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, 3rd Marine Air Wing (Forward), lands at Forward Operating Base Jackson, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 25, 2012. The Osprey tra... More
Lance Cpl. Christopher Cavey, (foreground) a Baton
Lance Cpl. Christopher Cavey, (foreground) a Baton Rouge, Louisiana native and Lance Cpl. Michael Clingan, a Hagerstown, Maryland native, aims in during a firefight with insurgents in the small town of Sabzikar... More
U.S. Marines with Regimental Combat Team 5 and Afghan
U.S. Marines with Regimental Combat Team 5 and Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers with 4th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps walk away from the landing zone after exiting an MV-22 Osprey aboard Combat Outpost F... More
Marines and sailors of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron
Marines and sailors of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 stand in formation during a change of command and re-designation ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, May 10, 2012. The commanding office... More
Staff Sgt. Michael Allen, a crew chief with Marine
Staff Sgt. Michael Allen, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, watches the propellers turn on an MV-22B Osprey to ensure the aircraft is ready for takeoff aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Ma... More
Lt. Gen. Duane Thiessen, commanding general of U.S.
Lt. Gen. Duane Thiessen, commanding general of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific, stands with his son Capt. David Thiessen, an air officer with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165, after Lt. Gen. Thiessen’s fir... More
An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 prepares to land on a target during a confined area landing drill aboard a Navy auxiliary field in Southern California, May 21. During this drill the p... More
Lance Cpl. Charles T. Shelby, an airframe mechanic
Lance Cpl. Charles T. Shelby, an airframe mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 “Sea Elks” and a Connersville, Ind., native, moves a ladder into place before working on a section of an MV-22B Ospre... More
Osprey fly over in New York, New York harbor
A V-22 Osprey lands in Manhattan near the Brooklyn bridge to transport Marines to Coney Island for a demonstration raid. The raid is a part of several events conducted during Fleet Week New York. Fleet Week is ... More
Marines with Motor Transport Maintenance Company, 1st
Marines with Motor Transport Maintenance Company, 1st Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 15 from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., prepare to board a warrior flight with Marine Medium Tilt... More
An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165 prepares for flight during tail-gunnery training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., June 5. Tail-gunnery training works to develop the sk... More
Marine Week Cleveland - A large propeller plane flying over a city
An MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 lands at Voinovich Park in Cleveland, Ohio, June 10, for Marine Week Cleveland. Capt. Bret J. Knickerbocker, a pilot with VMM-263, and Lance Cpl. Clayto... More
Cpl. Ethan Craven, a MV-22B Osprey crew chief with
Cpl. Ethan Craven, a MV-22B Osprey crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (VMM-263), based out of Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., watches the city of Cleveland pass below during a flyove... More
Marines and Sailors with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine
Marines and Sailors with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment file towards a CH-53E, Super Stallion, with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 during a battalion raid, beginning Exercise Mailed Fist, June 18. Mor... More
U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2d Marine
U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2d Marine Division get ready for the arrival of MV-22 Ospreys during Exercise Mailed Fire Support Teams (Fist), aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 18, 2012. Mailed Fis... More
An AH-1W Super Cobra from Marine Light Attack Helicopter
An AH-1W Super Cobra from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467 based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., prepares to land at a forward arming and refueling point at Marine Corps Auxiliary Lan... More
Staff Sgt. Corey Butts, a UH-1N Huey crew chief with
Staff Sgt. Corey Butts, a UH-1N Huey crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467, mans the .50-caliber machine gun, in support of Exercise Mailed Fist, June 19. HMLA-467 and 2nd Light Armored ... More
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365 lands on Forward Operating Base Jackson, Helmand province, Afghanistan June 26, 2012. The Osprey transported Rahmatullah Rashidi,... More
Lt. Col. Edward Lang, the commanding officer of Marine
Lt. Col. Edward Lang, the commanding officer of Marine Transport Squadron 1, recieves the Chief of Naval Operations aviation safety award from Brig. Gen. Thomas Gorry, the commanding general of Marine Corps Ins... More
An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 lands for an environmental survey aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, June 27. To approve new landing areas for training, VMM-166 and biologists s... More
Onboard USS Nassau LHA 4 flight deck director, Chief
Onboard USS Nassau LHA 4 flight deck director, Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate Handler (ABHC) Ricardo Zaldana, observes the landing of an MV-22 Osprey June 29. This training exercise is the first MV-22 Osprey l... More
The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band marches during a
The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band marches during a deactivation ceremony for Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 561 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 6. VMM-561 will be moving to Okinawa, Jap... More
The MV-22B Osprey is a tiltrotor aircraft capable of
The MV-22B Osprey is a tiltrotor aircraft capable of landing and launching like an airplane or a helicopter.
The Royal Canadian Air Force Maj. Gen. Yvan Blondin,
The Royal Canadian Air Force Maj. Gen. Yvan Blondin, deputy commander of the air staff, center, discusses capabilities of MV-22 Ospreys aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 18. Blondin toured M... More
Pre-Flight Maintenance - A man on a ladder working on an airplane
Sergeant Raymond Cole, an MV-22B avionics technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, performs pre-flight maintenance on an MV-22B Osprey rotor aboard the ... More
MV-22 Ospreys arrive at MCAS Iwakuni
An MV-22 Osprey aircraft with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 is unloaded from the cargo ship Green Ridge at the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni harbor here July 23, 2012. This marks the first MV-22 Ospr... More
An MV-22 Osprey aircraft with Marine Medium Helicopter
An MV-22 Osprey aircraft with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 is unloaded from the cargo ship Green Ridge at the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni harbor here July 23, 2012. This marks the first MV-22 Ospr... More
MV-22 Osprey aircraft with Marine Medium Helicopter
MV-22 Osprey aircraft with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 sit within the hull of the cargo ship Green Ridge as they wait to be unloaded at the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni harbor here July 23, 2012. ... More
MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium
MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 sit aboard the cargo ship Green Ridge before unloading at the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni port, July 23, 2012. This marks the firs... More
Lt. Col. William L. Dupue Jr., Marine Medium Helicopter
Lt. Col. William L. Dupue Jr., Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 commanding officer, addresses his Marines July 24, 2012, congratulating them on a successful and smooth unloading of 12 MV-22 Ospreys from th... More
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 aircrew performs
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 aircrew performs routine maintenance and functional checks on MV-22 Osprey on the flightline at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni here July 25, 2012. This marks the first MV... More