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
The Honorable Gordon R. England (left), Secretary of the Navy, speaks ...
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US Navy (USN) Aviation Boatswain's Mate Third Class (AB3) Terrell T. W...
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Bow view of the US Navy (USN) Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS B...
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Stern view of the US Navy (USN) Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS...
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A US Marine Corps (USMC) MV-22 Osprey, Marine Tiltrotor Operational Te...
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A US Marine Corps (USMC) MV-22 Osprey, Marine Air Test and Evaluation ...
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An MV-22 Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tilt-rotor Squadron (VMM) 26...
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sep. 29, 2007) An MV-22 "Osprey" attached to Marine Medium Tilt-rotor Squadron (VMM) 263 takes to the air from the flight deck of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wa... More
An MV-22 Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tilt-rotor Squadron (VMM) 26...
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sep. 29, 2007) An MV-22 "Osprey" attached to Marine Medium Tilt-rotor Squadron (VMM) 263 takes to the air from the flight deck of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wa... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto and staff
Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto and staff board the MV-22 Osprey at Marine Corps Air Facilities in Quantico, Va. Aug. 3, 2012. The flight was part of a safety demonstration for the Defense Minister. ... More
An MV-22 Osprey sits on the tarmac after having 'dragons'
An MV-22 Osprey sits on the tarmac after having 'dragons' painted in kanji on the tail of the aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, August 20, 2012. The Osprey belongs to Marine Medium Helicopter... More
Marine Corps aircrews begin conducting MV-22 aircraft
Marine Corps aircrews begin conducting MV-22 aircraft functional check flights and pilot proficiency flights aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 21, 2012. These flights, which will occur over ... More
Marine Corps aircrews conduct MV-22 aircraft functional
Marine Corps aircrews conduct MV-22 aircraft functional check flights and pilot proficiency flights aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Japan, Sept. 24, 2012. These flights, which will occur over the next s... More
Ministry of Foreign Affairs guests and Japanese Officials
Ministry of Foreign Affairs guests and Japanese Officials came aboard Marine Corps air Station Iwakuni, Sept. 27 to learn about the safety and capabilities of the MV-22B Osprey aircraft. The aircraft is part of... More
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 MV-22B Osprey
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 MV-22B Osprey aircraft taxis down a runway to preform operational flight checks aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 01, 2012. The Osprey flies twice as fas... More
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 MV-22B Osprey
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 MV-22B Osprey aircraft taxi’s down a runway to preforms functional flight checks aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 1, 2012. The Osprey flies twice as fas... More
MV-22B Osprey, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor
MV-22B Osprey, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, arrive at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Oct 1. The aircraft will be based at and operate out of MCAS Futenma. The MV-22B combines the capabili... More
An MV-22B Osprey hovers in the sky as part of the Level
An MV-22B Osprey hovers in the sky as part of the Level III Demonstration during the 2012 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show, Oct. 13. This demonstration allowed spectators to observes the Osprey transit... More
An MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
An MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 Reinforced, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), practices landing at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 23, 2012. The squadron conducted helicopter suspe... More
Sgt. Jason L. Hotze, a crew chief with Marine Medium
Sgt. Jason L. Hotze, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 and a Fort Worth, Texas, native relays information to the pilots during a flight to Santa Maria, Calif., Oct. 24. Crew chiefs are resp... More
Marine washes Osprey chair
Staff Sgt. Woodrow Boyd cleans an MV-22 Osprey chair during aircraft wash down on the flight deck aboard multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 2... More
An MV-22B Osprey takes off after landing support specialists
An MV-22B Osprey takes off after landing support specialists attached a 7,000-pound concrete block during dual-point external training on Ie Shima Oct. 25. Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 recently switched... More
A contractor works on drilling out the holes for the
A contractor works on drilling out the holes for the lights that will line runway 32L a few days after the newly laid asphalt had dried, Oct. 26. This was just one of more than 450 lights that will line the 8,4... More
U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) take off in a MV-22 Osprey on Forward Operating Base Sabit Qadam, Helmand province, Afg... More
MV-22 Osprey arrival, US Marine Corps Photo
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, parks on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 7, 2012. Three Ospreys traveled to Guam in support of Exercise Forager Fury ... More
An MV-22B Osprey prepares to land on West Field here
An MV-22B Osprey prepares to land on West Field here Dec. 10 during Exercise Forager Fury 2012. This was the first Osprey to land on Tinian and marks another milestone set during FF12. The inclusion of the MV-2... More
Ospreys make mark on Forager Fury
Sergeant Jeffrey Schneider looks out the back of an MV-22 Osprey at the sun setting over the Pacific Ocean Dec. 10 during Exercise Forager Fury 2012. Forager Fury 2012, which runs through Dec. 19, is a Marine A... More
Ospreys conduct low-altitude training in Philippines
An MV-22 Osprey prepares for take off for night low-altitude training Jan. 24 on Antonio Bautista Air Base in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Republic of the Philippines. Ospreys conducted day and night low-altitude ... More
Lt. Col. William Depue, Commanding Officer of Marine
Lt. Col. William Depue, Commanding Officer of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 gives a brief on the MV-22 Osprey to The Republic of Korea Marine Corps Commandant Lt. Gen. Ho Yeon Lee and his staff, Marine ... More
Capt. Erik S. Rogers, a pilot with Marine Light Attack
Capt. Erik S. Rogers, a pilot with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467, circles a UH-1N Huey over the Cherry Point flight line before heading to a training exercise Jan. 31. The exercise prepared differ... More
An MV-22B Osprey flies over Korat Royal Thai Air Base,
An MV-22B Osprey flies over Korat Royal Thai Air Base, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 8 as an F/A-18D prepares to taxi during Exercise Cobra Gold 2013. In its 32nd iteration, CG13 is a multinational exercise that pr... More
Thai and U.S. service members conducted a tactical
Thai and U.S. service members conducted a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training event Feb. 15 at Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, during exercise Cobra Gold 2013. The training was conducte... More
An MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265...
GULF OF THAILAND (Feb. 19, 2013) An MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as another Osprey prepares for tak... More
U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine
U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, land on the flightline of Wing 41 Royal Thai Air Force base Feb. 20 in Chiang ... More
Crew chiefs of U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey assigned
Crew chiefs of U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, perform pre flight procedures to their aircraft on the flightli... More
MV-22 Osprey open house
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Mathew Gilbert, an aviation life support technician, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (VMM-265), Marine Air Group-36, 1st Marine Air Wing, teaches Okinawan children how to wear flight... More
One of two MV-22 Ospreys with Marine Medium Tilt Rotor
One of two MV-22 Ospreys with Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 163 releases flares meant to confuse anti-aircraft weapons systems, March 6, 2013. This four-hour flight, which started at Naval Air Station Joint... More
Staff Sgt. Jared S. Watson fires an M240D medium machine
Staff Sgt. Jared S. Watson fires an M240D medium machine gun at a target on range W-176 March 27 from the back of an MV-22B Osprey during an aerial gunnery training exercise about 25 miles off the coast of Okin... More
An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor
An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 (VMM-266), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force prepares to land at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, March 28, 201... More
Marine Corps Air Station New River Library celebrates
Marine Corps Air Station New River Library celebrates National Library Week by re-enacting "The Paper Bag Princess" as a recording of the author, Robert Munsch, reads to the children, April 16. The library also... More
Sgt. David Palmer, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron
Sgt. David Palmer, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron training chief, fires his Mossberg 500 shotgun at clay pigeons during the H&HS Commander’s Cup aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, April 26. The Mari... More
An MV-22B Osprey from VMM-161 flies over frozen Alaskan
An MV-22B Osprey from VMM-161 flies over frozen Alaskan lands en route to the USS Anchorage April 30. VMM-161 is in Alaska to support the the USS Anchorage and be a static display during public tours before the... More
Debra Rapisarda, MV-22B Introduction Ceremony attendee,
Debra Rapisarda, MV-22B Introduction Ceremony attendee, sits in the cockpit of a CH-46E presidential support helicopter prior to the ceremony in the HMX-1 hangar on May 4, 2013. Rapisarda is the sister-in-law o... More
Lance Corporal Jaryd Stezewski, left, a native of Ceder,
Lance Corporal Jaryd Stezewski, left, a native of Ceder, Minn., and Lance Cpl. Chris Weimer, a native of Wichita, Kan., both Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response avionics technicians, pe... More
Marines hook a 7,000-pound concrete block to an MV-22B
Marines hook a 7,000-pound concrete block to an MV-22B Osprey during external lift training at the Kin Blue Training Area near Camp Hansen May 9. The Marines are landing support specialists with Combat Logistic... More
SP-MAGTF Crisis Response ACE maintains readiness 24/7
Lance Corporal Christopher Sossong, a Special Purpose-Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response VM-22 Osprey mechanic and native of Mechanicsville, Md., performs routine maintenance on an Osprey during the n... More
Lt. Col. Eric Garcia, the commanding officer of Marine
Lt. Col. Eric Garcia, the commanding officer of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163, stands with his family after completing more than 2,000 flight hours aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., May 23... More
Okinawa community members, status of forces agreement
Okinawa community members, status of forces agreement personnel and U.S. service members stand in line to enter a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft June 8 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma during the 35th ann... More
Private First Class Brandon Sumner, left, a native
Private First Class Brandon Sumner, left, a native of Richland, Wash., and Staff Sgt. Joshua Butler, a native of Virginia Beach, Va., both Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response flightline... More
A Marine with Special Operations Training Group conducts
A Marine with Special Operations Training Group conducts helicopter rope suspension training from an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 June 13 at Landing Zone Vulture aboard Camp Lejeune.
MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 land aboard the JS Shimokita during Dawn Blitz 2013. Dawn Blitz is part of an annual training exercise that prepares Navy and Marine Corps forces to cond... More
The U.S. Marine Corps marks history by landing an MV-22
The U.S. Marine Corps marks history by landing an MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft on a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181) for the first time during amphibious exercise Daw... More
An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 161
An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 161 prepares to land aboard the JS Hyuga during Dawn Blitz 2013, June 14. Dawn Blitz is part of an annual training exercise that prepares Navy and Marine Corps fo... More
Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment are
Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment are dropped off by a MV-22 Osprey at the Combat Center’s Range 400, June 21, 2013.
U.S. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment,
U.S. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division board a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 466, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3r... More
Staff Sgt. Alexander Para, a CV-22 Osprey aircraft
Staff Sgt. Alexander Para, a CV-22 Osprey aircraft flight engineer from the 8th Special Operations Squadron, performs a preflight inspection on Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 25, 2013. The Osprey is a tiltrotor air... More
Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hedelund, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hedelund, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general, presented Maj. Michael W. Hutchings, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 MV-22B Osprey pilot, with the Distinguished Flying Crosses in... More
Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hedelund, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hedelund, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general, presented Maj. Michael W. Hutchings and Capt. David W. Haake, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 MV-22B Osprey pilots, with Distingui... More
A Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363
A Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 Red Lions, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, tows an MV-22B Osprey to its spot aboard Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., July 9. Once all 12 aircraft are fully pr... More
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Josean Molina, left, and Lance
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Josean Molina, left, and Lance Cpl. Trevor Key from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, guide a tow bar into place on an MV-22B... More
An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine Medium
An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to land at Camp Rocky, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, July 14. The 31st ... More
U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), load MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft into the USNS Green Ridge (T-AK-9655) with Tug Mid-R... More
The USNS Green Ridge (T-AK-9655) prepares to depart,
The USNS Green Ridge (T-AK-9655) prepares to depart, carrying U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wi... More
Brig. Gen. Steven R. Rudder, commanding general for
Brig. Gen. Steven R. Rudder, commanding general for 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, answers questions from local Okinawan media about the arrival of the MV-22B Osprey on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (MCAS Futenma... More
MV-22B Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter
MV-22B Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (HMM-262), arrive at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, August 12, 2013. The aircraft will be based at and operate out of MCAS Futenma, and will b... More