Teaching and Keeping the Edge
While nothing can match actual aerial combat, or even just normal flight time for a Marine fighter pilot, modern technology can lend a helping hand in keeping these Marines trained and ready for any...
Author: Douglas Aguillard
USMC – HMM 364 “Flying the Barn”
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 364 ( Purple Foxes) of Marine Air Group 16 (MAG), 3rd Marine Air Wing (MAW) conducted a commemorative flight from MCAS...
The Red Flag Tanker Flight 14-1
As anyone who is into Military Aviation knows, the Red Flag exercise is held several times a year at Nellis Air Force Base, just north of Las Vegas, NV. It is probably the most...
Strange Bed Fellows
After the Cold War ended, The World took a left turn and was twisted into an atmosphere of pure weirdness. Old foes became friends, the Soviet Union broke up into at least a dozen...
NAF El Centro Photocall- October 2013
What is a Photocall? A Photocall is generally when a location such as a military base or an airport, which is normally closed to the public is opened for a day for photographers to...
WTI 1-14
It started with a Staff Sergeant from the Meteorological Department giving the weather update to the group of Huey pilots. Wind Direction, Temperatures throughout the day, the angle of the Sun, and it was...
A Day at the Range
When I got the phone call in the middle of the day, I was sitting in a heat, that we Southern Californians do not normally get. Hot and humid, and it wasn’t going away...
Meet the C.O.
This is the first in a series, where we informally sit down and speak with the Commanding Officer of various military units. Simply called the C.O. he/she is responsible for everything, and I do...
1st Marine F-35B to land at MCAS Miramar
It was around noon on July 30, 2013, and several F/A-18’s from Marine squadrons, VMFA 314 “The Black Knights” and VMFA(AW) 225 “The Vikings” were taking off from the runways at Marine Corps Air...
Dawn Blitz 2013- Ground Assault “A Multi-National Military Exercise”
One of the longest and largest military exercises to take place in Southern California. Along with the US Navy and Marine Corps, Canada sent several Royal Canadian Naval vessels, as well as a Infantry...
