Story by Sgt. Frances Candelaria | Regional Command Southwest | 03.21.2014
A three-man team consisting of two U.S. Marines and a British Royal Air Force airman conducted a helicopter landing zone study aboard Patrol Base Boldak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 20, 2014....
Story by Cpl. Rashaun X. James | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.15.2011
The United Kingdom’s Joint Aviation Group and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) welcomed a new commander for the deployed U.K. rotary aviation community in a ceremony at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 15....
Story by Sgt. Deanne Hurla | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 10.25.2010
Afghan security and coalition forces work diligently to keep roads here clear of improvised explosive devises, but many are still too dangerous to travel; in these situations, troops call upon the numerous airborne assets of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) for safe transport....
Courtesy Story | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 06.24.2010
Almost any Marine can tell you that 1st Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham was the Marine Corps' first aviator. However, how many Marines know that on the eve of the 1st Marine Aviation Force entering World War I, Maj. Alfred Cunningham was also the first Marine aviator to develop integrated aviation capabilities with the United Kingdom? Almost a century later, history repeats itself as the 3rd Marine......
Story by Gunnery Sgt. Steven Williams | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 06.01.2010
Marines hoisted the Union Flag over the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) compound, June 1, to fly side by side with American and Afghanistan Flags as the United Kingdom's Joint Aviation Group officially joined forces with 3rd MAW (FWD)....
