Photo by Staff Sgt. Gabriel Tavarez | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.12.2025
U.S. Navy Lt. Micheal Kahle, a pilot with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 122, right, and U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Alice Lechman, left, a flight equipment mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 323, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct preflight checks during an T-34C Turbomentor prior to an incentive flight at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego,......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Gabriel Tavarez | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.12.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Alice Lechman, a flight equipment mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 323, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing receives a flight brief from Angel Alatorre, a civilian contract mechanic during a preflight check of a U.S. Navy T-34C Turbomentor with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 122 on the flightline before an incentive flight at Naval......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Gabriel Tavarez | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.12.2025
U.S. Navy Lt. Micheal Kahle, a pilot with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 122, assists U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Alice Lechman, a flight equipment mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 323, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, with getting into a T-34C Turbomentor prior to an incentive flight at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, Aug. 12, 2025.......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Gabriel Tavarez | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.12.2025
U.S. Navy Lt. Micheal Kahle, a pilot with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 122, left, and U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Alice Lechman, right, a flight equipment mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 323, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, introduce themselves to each other prior to a T-34C Turbomentor incentive flight at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego,......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Gabriel Tavarez | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.12.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Alice Lechman, a flight equipment mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 323, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, poses prior to participating in a T-34C Turbomentor incentive flight at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, Aug. 12, 2025. The incentive flight is an opportunity for Marines to ride in the back seat of a......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Gabriel Tavarez | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.12.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Alice Lechman, a flight equipment mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 323, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, poses prior to participating in a T-34C Turbomentor incentive flight at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, Aug. 12, 2025. The incentive flight is an opportunity for Marines to ride in the back seat of a......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Jennifer Sanchez | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 06.28.2024
A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232 (Reinforced), Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, in support of Arctic Defender on June 28, 2024. Arctic Defender is a German Air Forces-led field training exercise for U.S. and international......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Jennifer Sanchez | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 06.28.2024
A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232 (Reinforced), Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, in support of Arctic Defender on June 28, 2024. Arctic Defender is a German Air Forces-led field training exercise for U.S. and international......
