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III MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Okinawa, Japan

Tag: 1st Marine Aircraft Wing

Crewmasters serve as jack-of-all-trades

OKINAWA, Japan - With the flip of a switch, a crewmaster turns on an auxiliary power source to prepare the aircraft’s engines for startup. Moments later, the engines of the KC-130J Super Hercules roar to life as lights flicker in the cockpit, granting access to the pilot interface.Marine crewmasters serve as a crossbreed of the crew chief and

Internally transportable vehicle provides expeditionary capability

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, Okinawa — Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 executed internally transportable vehicle embarkation training with an MV-22B Osprey Oct. 23 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.The training provides Marines with the ability to quickly insert and extract a M1161 ITV

“Flying Tigers” celebrate change

FUTENMA, Japan - Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 was redesignated as Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 during a ceremony Aug. 30 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.The “Flying Tigers” squadron formerly flew CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters. The ceremony signified the squadron’s transition to MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.VMM-262 is

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III Marine Expeditionary Force