Marine Corps Air Station Yuma 2020 The Airshow That Never Happened
When I made my travel plans for an epic, double airshow trip to Arizona in the fall of 2019, COVID-19, generally referred to as Corona Virus, was not news, it was not even a...
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Marine Corps WTI 2-19 Exercise in Kiwanis Park, Yuma AZ
On April 19th, the United States Marine Corps descended upon Kiwanis Park in Yuma, Arizona, in their CH-53E Super Stallions and UH-1Y Venoms in a simulated humanitarian assistance mission. The park offers a large...
VMAT-203 Hawks, Teaching the Ways of the Marine Corps Harrier
More than 40 years ago, Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 began fielding the Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier, in preparation for the Marines’ transition from A-4 Skyhawks to Harriers as their frontline attack jet. VMAT-203,...
Washington D.C. Fetes Marine Corps Aviation’s 100th Anniversary
A pair of events celebrated the U.S. Marine Corps’ first 100 years of aviation in the nation’s capital during the month of May, 2012. Officially, the dawn of Marine Corps Aviation broke on May...
UH-1N Retirement – Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
On March 18, 2011, a ceremonial event was held at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to celebrate the final flight of the Marine Corps’ workhorse for the last 40 years – The UH-1N...
