Bird’s eye view: Cherry Point Marines fly local officials to premier bombing range [Image 1 of 2]

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NC, UNITED STATES

10.17.2012

Photo by Cpl. Tyler J. Bolken 

II Marine Expeditionary Force   

Col. Philip J. Zimmerman, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, speaks with local elected officials at the Marine Transport Squadron 1 hangar aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Oct. 17. Zimmerman and the seven officials, all members of the Civilian Military Community Council, boarded one of VMR-1’s HH-46E “Pedro” Sea Knight helicopters for a flight to view some of the air station’s outlying training grounds. “They were exposed to more about Marine aviation in a four-hour period than what two years of meetings could get across,” said Zimmerman. “Taking them out to the ranges enabled them to learn so much.”

• Date Taken: 10.17.2012
• Date Posted: 10.24.2012 10:12
• Photo ID: 766368
• VIRIN: 121017-M-XK427-002
• Resolution: 5100x3300
• Size: 8.63 MB
• Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NC, US
• Hometown: BEAUFORT, NC, US
• Hometown: HAVELOCK, NC, US
• Hometown: JACKSONVILLE, NC, US
• Hometown: MOREHEAD CITY, NC, US
• Hometown: NEW BERN, NC, US
• Hometown: WASHINGTON, NC, US