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    Above Stuttgart [Image 5 of 7]

    Above Stuttgart

    STUTTGART, BW, GERMANY

    03.28.2013

    Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda 

    U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa     

    After a capabilities exercise at Kelly Barracks, Cpl. Justin J. Whiteman, a crew chief of Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C., looks down on the city of Stuttgart, Germany, March 28.U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Africa, in coordination with U.S. European Command, U.S. Africa Command, the community of U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, Germany, received “hands-on” experience with the MV-22B Osprey during a capabilities exercise on Patch Barracks, Kelly Barracks, and Stuttgart Army Airfield, that helped to familiarize the combatant commands with the possibilities and new abilities the aircraft could provide throughout their respective area of reach. The three MV-22 Osprey crews flew 1400 nautical miles from the Atlantic Ocean, without having to land to refuel, before arriving two days earlier. The MV-22 Osprey possess twice the speed, can fly twice as high, carry three times the payload, and travels five times the distance of other legacy, medium-lift helicopters.

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 03.28.2013
    Date Posted: 04.02.2013 11:02
    Photo ID: 899154
    VIRIN: 130328-M-XI134-003
    Resolution: 4212x2840
    Size: 6.01 MB
    Location: STUTTGART, BW, DE
    Hometown: STUTTGART, BW, DE
    Hometown: ENTERPRISE, AL, US
    Hometown: LANCASTER, PA, US
    Hometown: RALEIGH, NC, US

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