Story by 1st Lt. Hannah Venables | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 03.26.2024
On March 14, 2024, U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Shane R. Gentry, an MQ-9A MUX/MALE pilot with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 3, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, was awarded the Marine Corps Aviation Association’s Alfred A. Cunningham award....
Story by Lance Cpl. Tania Guerrero and 1st Lt. Hannah Venables | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 01.29.2024
HONOLULU, Hawaii – U.S. Marines from Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 3, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing partnered with Aliamanu Middle School’s Flight and Space classes on Jan. 26, 2023. This visit marked the first time in the school’s history that U.S. Marines introduced students to remotely piloted aircraft, specifically, the MQ-9A MUX/MALE....
Story by 2nd Lt. Hannah Venables | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.02.2023
MCAS KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii – Today, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 3, hosted a unit led ceremony to commemorate the squadron’s years of dedicated effort and work to reach Initial Operational Capability with the MQ-9A Extended Range Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Unmanned Expeditionary (MUX) Medium-Altitude, High-Endurance (MALE) aircraft. This squadron event provided a......
Story by 2nd Lt. Hannah Venables | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 06.21.2023
MCAS KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii – Today Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 (VMU-3) safely and successfully tested and flew its first MQ-9A remotely piloted aircraft....
Story by Maj. Jordan Fox | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 03.23.2023
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII – Next month, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 (VMU-3) will receive its first MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft. Since the final flight of its RQ-21 Blackjack last year, the squadron's training focus has transitioned to receiving and employing the MQ-9. Lt. Col. Nick Law, the squadron’s commanding officer, knows how the arrival of the MQ-9 is a change of......
Story by 2nd Lt. Colin Kennard | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 10.17.2018
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII – The RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aerial system was launched for the first time in Hawaii by Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 on Oct. 15, at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay....
Story by Lance Cpl. Isabelo Tabanguil | Marine Corps Base Hawaii | 12.11.2017
Sgt. Joseph Latsch and Sgt. Ethan Mintus, unmanned aerial system (UAS) operators with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 (VMU-3), received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Remote Impact (“R”) Device during a ceremony at Hangar 103, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Dec. 11, 2017....
Story by Lance Cpl. Isabella Ortega | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.29.2017
MCAS FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan--The commanding general of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, Maj. Gen. Russell A. Sanborn, relinquished command to Brig. Gen. Thomas D. Weidley at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, June 29, 2017....
