Video by Lance Cpl. Michael Gavin | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.13.2025
U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd MAW, conduct forward arming and refueling point operations during Service Level Training Exercise 4-25 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 13, 2025. SLTE 4-25 is designed......
Video by Sgt. Edison Lobos | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.07.2025
U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, prepare fuel at a forward arming and refueling point (FARP) at Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, August 7, 2025. FAPRs are meant to ensure aircraft have the fuel they need to stay in the fight and remain mission-ready in a forward-deployed environment. (Video by U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Edison Lobos)...
Video by Lance Cpl. Micah Thompson | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 08.06.2025
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 225, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, receives fuel at a forward arming and refueling point as part of Service Level Training Exercise 4-25 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 6, 2025. MCAGCC serves as the Marine Corps’ premier training venue......
Video by Sgt. Edison Lobos | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.05.2025
U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) refuel aircraft from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, MAG-36, 1st MAW during a forward arming and refueling point at Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, August 6, 2025. Marines trained as a cohesive team, relied on clear arm signals and synchronized efforts to safely and......
Video by Sgt. Edison Lobos | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.04.2025
U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing refuel aircraft from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 at a forward arming and refueling point on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, August 4-7, 2025. Marines trained as a cohesive team, relied on clear arm signals and synchronized efforts to safely and efficiently carry out aircraft......
Video by Sgt. Edison Lobos | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.04.2025
U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing collect fuels samples after refueling aircraft during a forward arming and refueling point at Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, August 5, 2025. Expeditionary fuels technician Marines are required to take fuel samples every 24 hours to test if bulk fuel meets aviation-grade standards and ensure......
Video by Sgt. Edison Lobos | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.03.2025
U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 (MWSS-172), Marine Aircraft Group 36 (MAG), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) support Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 (HLMA-169), MAG-36, 1st MAW with a forward arming and refueling point (FARP) at Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, August 4, 2025. MWSS-172 Marines refueled AH-1Z Vipers and CH-53 Super Stallions, while ensuring the FARP site......
Video by Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Joyner | 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) | 05.08.2025
Soldiers from 101 Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) establish a Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) for AH-64 Apaches supporting 1st Mobile Brigade Combat Team "Bastogne"'s trip at Camp Minden, La. on May 8, 2025. The air movement represents a Large Scale, Long Range Air Assault (L2A2) which moves a brigade worth of combat power over 500 miles in one period......
