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A maintaner stands in front of an F/A-18C Hornet on the flightline aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort May 4. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 is participating in a Weapons Systems Evaluation Program at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., May 6-20. The program gives pilots experience with flying against real aircraft outside a simulation. The real world training helps Marines be tactically proficient and prepared to deploy. The pilot is with VMFA-251. - A maintaner stands in front of an F/A-18C Hornet on the flightline aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort May 4. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 is participating in a Weapons Systems Evaluation Program at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., May 6-20. The program gives pilots experience with flying against real aircraft outside a simulation. The real world training helps Marines be tactically proficient and prepared to deploy. The pilot is with VMFA-251.
Training pilots make preparations inside T-45 Goshawks as part of the advanced course of the Student Naval Aviator strike pilot training program aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Sept. 15. The T-45 is used by the Navy as an aircraft carrier-capable trainer. It was developed as a jet flight trainer for the Navy and Marine Corps. The T-45s are with Training Air Wing 1 from Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss. and TRAWING-2 from NAS Kingsville, Texas. - Training pilots make preparations inside T-45 Goshawks as part of the advanced course of the Student Naval Aviator strike pilot training program aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Sept. 15. The T-45 is used by the Navy as an aircraft carrier-capable trainer. It was developed as a jet flight trainer for the Navy and Marine Corps. The T-45s are with Training Air Wing 1 from Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss. and TRAWING-2 from NAS Kingsville, Texas.
Lance Cpl. Sarmed Shafi,a Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 airframes maintenance technician, removes a hydraulic fitting while aboard aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, Sept. 1. The Thunderbolts flew an excess of 1,100 hours in support of Operation Enduring Freedom during the review period for the Golden Wrench. - Lance Cpl. Sarmed Shafi,a Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 airframes maintenance technician, removes a hydraulic fitting while aboard aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, Sept. 1. The Thunderbolts flew an excess of 1,100 hours in support of Operation Enduring Freedom during the review period for the Golden Wrench.