Story by Cpl. Michele Clarke | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | 04.06.2022
U.S. Marines with Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF), Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, packed and transported their Mobile Aircraft Fire Training Device (MAFTD) to Albert J. Ellis Airport, Jacksonville, North Carolina, April 6-7, 2022. This was done to facilitate Albert J. Ellis Airport’s Fire Rescue with their Support 2022 Federal Aviation Administration Tri-Annual Airport Emergency......
Story by Cpl. Mackenzie Gibson | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | 02.01.2017
Clothed in heavy reflective suits and protective gear, aircraft rescue and firefighting specialists assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, approached blazing danger during live-fire training aboard Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., Feb. 1, 2017....
Story by Pfc. Unique B. Roberts | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 10.10.2013
Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Marines participated in simulated shipboard aircraft firefighting training here Oct. 3 to ensure they are prepared to handle worst-case scenarios that may arise while deployed at sea....
Story by Lance Cpl. Henry Antenor | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 05.02.2013
Marines assigned to aircraft rescue and firefighting, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, partnered with their civilian counterparts of MCIPAC Fire and Emergency Services to participate in a mobile aircraft fire training device exercise at the Camp Hansen Joint Training Facility May 2....
Courtesy Story | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.21.2012
Heat waves from the burning fuselage rippled across the flight line as a crash and fire rescue team doused it with water to extinguish the flames Sept. 21 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma....
Story by Pfc. Ryan Carpenter | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 11.02.2010
Fire danced around the aircraft as a two-man team of Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Marines wielded a high-pressure hose shooting hundreds of gallons of water, suffocating the blazing inferno. Like a trick candle on a child’s birthday cake, the flames burst back to life only to have the ARFF Marines re-attack. The engine from a P-19 primary firefighting truck rumbled in the background....
