Aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 drop two 1000lb Joint Direct Attack Munitions at Townsend Bombing Range (TBR), Georgia, on December 30, 2019. As part of their training in the F-35 program, pilots use TBR to drop ordinance on specific targets to train them about being combat capable and network enabled fighters. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. René Lucerobonilla, Lance Cpl. Aidan Parker, and Lance Cpl. Nicholas Buss).
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251, the “Thunderbolts” deactivated during a ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, April 23. The ceremony was held to commemorate the unit’s nearly 80 years of service to our country, but the Thunderbolts won’t be gone long. Their colors will be temporarily cased and the unit will become an F-35C squadron at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina.
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, SC – “Not only can a Marine run, lift, jump, and crawl but they can also shoot, swim, and fight.” said Jason Clark, the High Intensity Tactical Training Coordinator aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. HITT Coordinators are strength and conditioning coaches who have gone to school and attained certifications in their field.
