The Jet Stream Dec. 4, 2015

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Friday, December 04, 2015 Vol. 50, No. 48 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.

“The noise you hear is the sound of freedom.”

Mike and November Company Graduates See Page 9

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SACC: Leading the way to wellness– Page 4

twitter.com/MCASBeaufortSC

Marine Aircraft Group 31 awards NCO of the Quarter– Page 4

First female Marine takes command of engineer battalion– Page 7

VMFT-401 arrives in Fightertown, trains with Warlords

Story and photos on Page 8 Photo by Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez

F-5N Tiger II aircraft rest on the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Dec. 3. The aircraft arrived at the air station to support Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 in air-to-air training from Dec. 2-Dec. 11. Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 brought five F-5N Tiger II aircraft to support red air for VMFAT-501. Red air is the adversary forces for air-to-air training.

MCAS football teams compete for bragging rights

VMFA-122 returns home after participating in ITX

An F/A-18C Hornet rests on the flight line Dec. 1 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort after returning from Integrated Training Exercise aboard Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twenty-nine Palms Calif., from Oct. 16 - Nov. 20. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 conducted the training exercise to prepare for an upcoming deployment in early 2016. VMFA-122 is with Marine Aircraft Group 31.

Story and photos by: Lance Cpl. Samantha K. Torres Staff Writer

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha K. Torres

A Marine drops back for a pass during the 2015 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Intramural Football Tournament aboard the air station Nov. 23. The tournament, hosted by Marine Corps Community Services, is a flag football league made of 13 teams of Marines from different units aboard the air station. see

FOOTBALL, page 6

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 returned to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Nov. 19 after participating in Integrated Training Exercise from Oct. 16 - Nov. 19. The exercise was held aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. The training event used all components of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force to accomplish the mission. “This was the last big training exercise we did before our next deployment,” said Sgt. Maj. Richard

Ayala, the sergeant major of VMFA-122. The Marines of VMFA-122 conducted close air support exercises, armed reconnaissance, dropped live ordnance, and executed expeditionary operations training to increase proficiency and combat effectiveness. “The exercise started out with a very generic scenario,” said Capt. Benjamin Switzer, the operations officer for VMFA-122 and F/A-18 pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force. “There was a known target area, and all fire, land and air, was directed towards the enemy. Each scenario advanced from there.” see

VMFA-122, page 8


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