U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. William Swan, the commanding general of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, presents a 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Cowbell award to Staff Sgt. Antonio Hoggard, a New Hampshire native and aviation life support systems technician with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501, at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, Sept. 30, 2024. Hoggard established a standard operating procedure that will save the Marines of VMFAT-501 time and resources. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Rowdy Vanskike)
U.S. Marines with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA (AW)) 224 prepare an F/A-18C Hornet for flight that is piloted by Maj. Gen. William Swan, the commanding general of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, Oct. 1, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Rowdy Vanskike)
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 251, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), received its first F-35C Lightning II jet today aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina.
VMFA-251 is the Marine Corps’ first East Coast operational F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter squadron. The arrival of the aircraft marks the beginning of F-35C deliveries to MCAS Cherry Point, continuing 2nd MAW’s operational transition from legacy fixed-wing tactical aircraft to the F-35.
The F-35 is a fifth-generation fighter jet with advanced stealth, agility and maneuverability, sensor and information fusion, and provides the pilot with...
09.17.2024 | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
Story by 2nd Lt. John Graham