D/82nd CAB Utilizes MCAS Cherry Point Airfield

Photo By Lance Cpl. Lauralle Gavilanes | U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Godwin, left, and Sgt. Chase Veler, MQ-1 Unmanned Aircraft System operators, assigned to Delta Company, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, controls an MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial System from a Universal Ground Control Station, during expeditionary operation training at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Feb. 25, 2025. MCAS Cherry Point and its outlying fields and ranges provide operational support and facilities essential to conducting training for various units across the Department of Defense to maintain operational readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Lauralle Gavilanes)  

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

02.25.2025

Story by Lance Cpl. Lauralle Gavilanes 

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point

U.S. Soldiers with Delta Company, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, conducted expeditionary operation training at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Feb. 25, 2025.

MCAS Cherry Point’s airfield provided optimal space for a Universal Ground Control Station to control an MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial System. The installation’s controlled airspace and extensive altitude ceiling, allowed the operators to perform various annual training requirements.

MCAS Cherry Point and its outlying fields and ranges provides operational support and facilities essential to conduct training for various units across the Department of Defense to maintain operational readiness.

• Date Taken: 02.25.2025
• Date Posted: 03.06.2025 10:52
• Story ID: 491915
• Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, US