Another Great Day at Sea
New York Fleet Week 2017 “Another Great Day At Sea – Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush” was an excellent book by Geoff Dyer, that came out in 2014 and described in...
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2016’s Summer of Flags
From July 11-29, and from August 15-26, 2016, the United States Air Force’s 414th Combat Training Squadron hosted a pair of ‘Red Flag’ exercises at Nellis Air Force Base just outside Las Vegas, Nevada....
Changing of the Guard at MCAS Yuma
Since 2012, the first active F-35B squadron of the US Marines Corps has been based at MCAS Yuma. This first squadron is VMFA-121 “Green Knights”, which flew the FA-18D Night Attack Hornet out of MCAS Miramar...
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...
A Morning visit to MCAS Yuma.
On May 9th, the United States Marine Corps invited a select few members of the media to the Air Station for an “Open House” of the new faculties that have been built on the...
F-35B’s Delivered to MCAS Yuma
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 and it’s a beautiful day in Yuma, AZ. A large crowd of hundreds is gathering at MCAS Yuma, and the crowds included dignitaries such as General James Amos, the 37th...
