Photo by 1st Lt. Elise Wahlstrom | Michigan National Guard | 08.10.2025
U.S. Marines Lt. Col. Jonathan Patras, left, and Maj. Christopher Starr, pilots assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, fly an AH-1Z Viper helicopter during training at Grayling Air Gunnery Range, Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 10, 2025. Marines with HMLA-775, the Coyotes, conducted close air support drills during Northern Strike......
Photo by 1st Lt. Elise Wahlstrom | Michigan National Guard | 08.10.2025
U.S. Marines Lt. Col. Jonathan Patras, right, and Maj. Christopher Starr, pilots assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, fly an AH-1Z Viper helicopter during training at Grayling Air Gunnery Range, Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 10, 2025. Marines with HMLA-775, the Coyotes, conducted close air support drills during Northern Strike......
Photo by Sgt. Gabriel Antwiler | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 07.31.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Lindsey Franssen, a UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, fires a GAU-17 minigun during a live fire exercise on training area W174, Okinawa, Japan, July 31, 2025. HMLA-169 trained with live ammunition to refine tactics, techniques, and procedures to execute warfighting functions that......
Photo by Sgt. Gabriel Antwiler | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 07.31.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Cox, a UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, observes an AH-1Z Viper helicopter after a live fire exercise off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, July 31, 2025. HMLA-169 trained with live ammunition to refine tactics, techniques, and procedures to execute warfighting functions that......
Photo by Sgt. Gabriel Antwiler | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 07.31.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Cox, left, and Staff Sgt. Franklin Stephens, both UH-1Y Venom crew chiefs with Marine Light Attack Helicopter 169, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, prepare a GAU-21 machine gun before flight on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, July 31, 2025. HMLA-169 trained with live ammunition to refine tactics, techniques, and procedures to......
Photo by Sgt. Gabriel Antwiler | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 07.31.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Cox, right, a UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter 169, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, fires a GAU-21 machine gun during a live fire exercise on W174 training area, Okinawa, Japan, July 31, 2025. HMLA-169 trained with live ammunition to refine tactics, techniques, and procedures to execute warfighting functions that......
Photo by Sgt. Gabriel Antwiler | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 07.31.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Lindsey Franssen, a UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, aims a GAU-17 minigun during a live fire exercise on training area W174, Okinawa, Japan, July 31, 2025. HMLA-169 trained with live ammunition to refine tactics, techniques, and procedures to execute warfighting functions that......
Photo by Sgt. Gabriel Antwiler | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 07.31.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Maximilian Parra, an aviation ordinance technician with Marine Light Attack Helicopter 169, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, loads a Hydra 70 rocket into a UH-1Y Venom helicopter on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, July 31, 2025. HMLA-169 trained with live ammunition to refine tactics, techniques, and procedures to execute warfighting functions......
