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Friday, January 22, 2016 Vol. 51, No. 03 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.
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“The noise you hear is the sound of freedom.” Marines mentor Marines during Mentor Month
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Low Altitude Air Defense Marines tour Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Komakado
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Maritime Raid Force performs urban training
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Pilots, maintainers train during MDTC
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An F-5N Tiger II aircraft rests on the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Dec. 3, 2015. The Marine Division Tactics Course began aboard the air station Jan. 11. The course provides F/A- 18 Hornet aircrew and Marine air intercept controllers with groundside and airborne instruction in doctrine, tactics and weapons considerations for the successful use of Marine fighter attack aircraft in combat. Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 brought eight F-5N Tiger II aircraft to support red air for the course. Red air is the adversary forces for air-to-air training. The aircraft is with VMFT-401, Marine Aircraft Group 41.
Fighting Bengals soar pacific skies with Japanese pilots Story and photos by: Cpl. Jessica Quezada Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan
Maintainers approach F/A-18D Hornets that arrived from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni to Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 12. Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, homebased at MCAS Beaufort, is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.
Marines with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, homebased at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., and currently forward based at MCAS Iwakuni, conducted dissimilar air combat training during the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation exercise at Chitose Air Base, Japan, Jan. 12-22. In order to support Pacific theater security cooperation, the F/A-18D Hornet squadron, known as the “Fighting Bengals,” performed DACT with and against Japan Air Self-Defense Force counterparts and developed the operational readiness of U.S. and Japanese forces. “DACT is defined as air-to-air combat against a different aircraft platform that is usually out of sight,” said Capt. Seth Byrum, pilot training officer with VMFA(AW)-224. “Due to limitations in Iwakuni, we can typically only train against other F-18s as the aggressor aircraft. DACT gives us the ability to simulate air-to-air combat training against a dissimilar aircraft like the JASDF’s F-15J/DJ Eagles.” Due to the diverse aircraft and aviation platforms provided, VMFA(AW)-224 successfully executed basic see
Tri-command celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy The Naval Hospital Choir sings a selection of gospel music during a Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Service in the chapel aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Jan. 14. The audience joined in the musical performance, clapping their hands and singing along. The choir is composed of Marines, sailors, and civilians of the Tri-command. see
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