Tagged: corps

Airshow / Base Visits / Marines / U.S. Marine Corps

April 11, 2020

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 thing. On the eve of...

Exercises / Helicopters / Marines / military / U.S. Marines

July 19, 2019

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 enough field to land multiple...

fighters / Marines / military / Trainers / U.S. Marines

June 9, 2016

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, known as the Hawks, has...

Marines / military / post

May 29, 2012

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 22, 1912 when 1st Lieutenant...

assignments / Marines / military / post

March 27, 2011

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 Huey. The UH-1N entered service...