A CH-53E Super Stallion first time ground refueling a U.S. Navy MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter [Image 1 of 13]

TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, UNITED STATES

07.31.2023

Photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia 

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center

A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 (HMH 361), Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, refuels an MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 (HSC 21), Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, during Service Level Training Exercise 5-23 at Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, July 31, 2023. SLTE is a series of exercises meant to prepare the Marine Air-Ground Task Force for quick and effective responses to military operations, where the MQ-8C has shown its capabilities of operating from ship to shore with a mobile control station and the ability to refuel from any location in support of the Marine Corps mission. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jaelyn Twing)

• Date Taken: 07.31.2023
• Date Posted: 08.22.2023 17:11
• Photo ID: 7975447
• VIRIN: 230731-M-PG000-1274
• Resolution: 3631x2421
• Size: 3.15 MB
• Location: TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, US