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Friday, July 15, 2016 Vol. 51, No. 28 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.
“The noise you hear is the sound of freedom.” Sundowners touch down at Fightertown, train with Warlords
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Nine seconds or die: CBIRF trains to the basics every day
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Scout Snipers, Marines with VMM-164 conduct initial fast-rope training
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VMFA-115 departs for UDP
Photo by Cpl. Jonah Lovy
n Marines, their families and friends gather inside Marine Fighter Attack
Squadron 115’s hangar prior to departing on a Western Pacific deployment as part of the Unit Deployment Program at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort July 7. see DEPARTURE, page 11
MCAS Beaufort rehearses oil spill decontamination procedures Story and photos by: Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez Public Affairs Chief
Marines from various units aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and personnel with the Natural Resources Environmental Affairs Office participated in a nautical spill response exercise July 11-15. The intent of the exercise was to maintain proficiency in nautical spill response procedures aboard MCAS Beaufort. The exercise allowed Marines to evaluate environmental and nautical conditions and tactics in order to quickly respond to an oil spill in the waterways leading to the air station. “We are mandated by the Coast Guard and the [Environmental Protection Agency] to have a Facility Response Team and as part of that we’re required to do so many exercises a year,”
said Christopher Vaigneur, the spill response coordinator for NREAO. “I am responsible for making sure that we have enough personnel trained in the response team in case we do have a spill we’re able to respond to it effectively and in a timely manner.” During the exercise, the participants properly execute a spill contingency plan, hazmat training, and use the equipment to control and contain any contamination over water. “Today we simulated a barge leak and try to set up some cascading boom to contained the oil that way we could position our skimmer so we could recover most of the spilled product,” said Vaigneur. The skimmer, a boat equipped with an oil recovery system, helps filter oil contamination in the see
SPILL, page 11
Marines and civilian personnel use a boom to contain a simulated oil spill aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort July 13. The boom is towed behind the boats and acts as a large net, trapping the oil to be collected by a skimmer boat. The Marines are with the air station fuels section and the civilians are with the Natural Resources Environmental Affairs Office.
History made at memorable RIAT in UK Story and photo courtesy of: Ministry of Defence United Kingdom
An F-35B Lightning II flies over Royal Air Force Fairford during the Royal International Air Tattoo which took place from July 8-10 at Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. The aircraft performed demonstrations highlighting the stealth fighter’s capabilities and a flyover formation with the UK’s exhibition team the Red Arrows and RAF Typhoon aircraft. The jet is with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501.
ROYAL AIR FORCE FAIRFORD, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom -- History was made both in the air and on the ground at this weekend’s Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. The airshow, which took place over three days (July 8-10), attracted a sellout crowd of 153,000 people who enjoyed demonstrations by some of the world’s leading pilots. Friday’s flying program featured the first ever international display by Lockheed Martin’s F-35B Lightning II, the
world’s most advanced fighter jet and on the same day, the airshow hosted a visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge who attended with Prince George on his first ever public engagement. A post on the Royal Family’s official Facebook page, said: “The Air Tattoo is a fantastic family-orientated event, and The Duke and Duchess knew that George would enjoy seeing the aircraft up close. Their Royal Highnesses took a closer look at an RAF Squirrel helicopter, which The Duke trained upon at RAF Shawbury in 2009, met Air Cadets and teams involved in the spectacular displays at the show, and even tried out
an RAF Red Arrows Hawk for size.” Other Royals attending the airshow were HRH Prince Michael of Kent and HRH Prince Feisal of Jordan. More than 230 aircraft, from 37 air arms in 24 countries participated in the Air Tattoo which took place in warm, largely sunny weather. Among the many highlights were displays by the F-22 ‘Raptor’, a Polish MiG-29, an RAF Typhoon and Chinook, a French Rafale and the Turkish Air Force F-16 ‘Solo Turk’. Flypasts included a unique formation of the Red Arrows, an F-35B and two RAF see
AIRSHOW, page 6