Story by Michelle Miller | PEO Aviation | 05.31.2019
For 100 days, the Improved Turbine Engine program has been in a holding pattern while awaiting the conclusion of an official protest against the ITEP Engineering and Manufacturing Development contract award to General Electric Aviation. The wait ended on May 30, with the contract award to GE Aviation for their T901 turbine engine upheld as the Army’s Improved Turbine Engine, a......
Story by Sgt. Natalie Dillon | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 04.11.2018
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan – The Vietnam War was unlike any other war. Booby traps, guerrilla warfare, and relentless jungle conditions tested everything Marines knew about warfighting. As a result, the U.S. quickly realized the need for aerial warfare....
Story by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 11.30.2017
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan– From the time when the U.S. Navy began, groups of specifically trained, maritime infantry have accompanied them....
Story by Sgt. Laura Gauna | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 10.24.2017
CAMP STORY, Republic of Korea - More than 130 Marines and Sailors with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, deployed the Direct Air Support Center and an Air Support Element to Camp Story, South Korea, for exercise Midori Guardian 17 from September 5 to October 15, 2017....
Story by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 10.06.2017
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan– Approximately 100 U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing joined forces with the Armed Forces of the Philippines to support the first iteration of the Philippines-led exercise KAMANDAG, at various sites on the island of Luzon, Philippines, October 2-11, 2017....
Story by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.30.2017
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – For the past three weeks, Misawa Air Base, Japan, hosted U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing during Northern Viper 2017, an annual joint contingency exercise that tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces. The exercise took place at Misawa AB and on the nearby island of Hokkaido, August......
Story by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.23.2017
MISAWA AIR BASE, AOMORI, Japan – Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 “Heavy Haulers” and Combat Logistics Battalion 4 utilized a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter for external-lift training at Draughon Range near Misawa Air Base, Japan, August 21, 2017, during exercise Northern Viper 2017....
Story by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.21.2017
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan. – More than 20 Marines, Sailors and Airmen banded together with Misawa City employees to conduct a beach cleanup at Miss Veedol Beach in Misawa, Japan, August 19, 2017, during Exercise Northern Viper 2017....
