Story by Cpl. Jade Venegas | Marine Corps Air Station Yuma | 06.21.2024
On June 21, 2024, Col. Edmund B. Hipp relinquished command of Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 to Col. Charles W. Del Pizzo at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, marking a significant moment in the squadron’s history....
Story by Cpl. Jade Venegas | Marine Corps Air Station Yuma | 06.14.2024
[Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona] – Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, welcomed its inaugural fleet of CH-53K King Stallions, June 7, 2024....
Story by Lance Cpl. Christopher Sanchez | Marine Corps Air Station Yuma | 06.05.2024
[MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, ARIZONA] - A tactical forklift also known as the S.A.F.E. Multi-utility Loader Expeditionary (MULE) was demonstrated at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, with the intent to increase lethality and survivability of Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO)....
Story by Maj. Ryan Powers | Marine Corps Installations East | 12.14.2023
WRIGHTSBORO, N.C. – With military aircraft regularly training in the skies over Wilmington, North Carolina, more than a dozen local civilian and military first responder agencies came together with the Marines of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River and Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX 1) to train for emergency response to military aircraft mishaps....
Story by Maj. Mason Englehart | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 04.08.2022
The Navy and Marine Corps demonstrated a key capability when they operated 20 F-35B Lightning II jets from America-class amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) March 30 through April 8, fully exercising the Marine Corps’ “lightning carrier” concept for the first time in naval history on an amphibious assault ship....
Story by Maj. Jorge Hernandez | Communication Directorate | 03.10.2022
Marines from Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) and sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 (HSC-23) teamed up to conduct tactics development exercise at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California on March 10, 2022....
Story by Maj. Jorge Hernandez | Communication Directorate | 01.31.2022
Washington, D.C. – Marines from Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) conducted an operational test and evaluation of the joint air-to-ground missile (JAGM) from an AH-1Z Viper, Dec. 6, 2021 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona....
Story by Maj. Jorge Hernandez | Communication Directorate | 09.21.2021
On Sept. 5, 2021, Marines in two CH-53K King Stallions from Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) successfully executed the recovery of a downed Navy MH-60S helicopter in the White Mountain Range 20 miles to the north of Bishop, CA. The mission to lift the 15,200 lb Search and Rescue helicopter involved challenging conditions at an altitude of approximately 12,000 feet above......
