U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Richard Garcia, left, from Texas, an unmanned aerial system officer, and Staff Sgt. Alexis Cruz Guzman, right, from New York, and an MQ-9 enlisted sensor operator, both with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron (VMUT) 2, receive instruction from Gunnery Sgt. Cody Bellamy, center, from Georgia and an MQ-9 enlisted sensor operator with VMUT-2, during flight simulations at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Nov. 4, 2024. VMUT-2 conducts flight simulations as part of its regularly scheduled training to reinforce and refine basic skills for its Marines and to instruct students in operating the MQ-9A Reaper. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anakin Smith)
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Michael Cook, a production manager with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) band, speaks about the purpose of writing a song for 2nd MAW at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The band wrote the song "Fight In Flight" to commemorate the history and fighting spirit of 2nd MAW. The 2nd MAW band is set to perform "Fight In Flight" for the first time at the U.S. Marine Corps birthday ball on Nov. 8, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. David Ornelas Baeza)
Check out fight song for 2nd MAW down below!
https://www.music.marines.mil/Bands/2nd-Marine-Aircraft-Wing-Band-North-Carolina/
The command investigation into the F-35B Lightning II mishap in South Carolina Sept. 17, 2023, has been completed by the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) investigating officer and endorsed by the commanding general of 2nd MAW.
On the afternoon of Sept. 17, 2023, a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501, 2nd MAW, crashed in South Carolina. The pilot safely ejected from the aircraft while attempting to execute a climbout during a missed approach in instrument meteorological conditions and heavy precipitation near Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. The aircraft continued to fly unmanned for 11 minutes and 21 seconds before impacting in a rural area...
10.31.2024 | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
Story by 2nd Lt. John Graham
