Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort News

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort conducted Exercise Fallen Angel, March 11. The training was held to meet the requirements of a mass casualty exercise 30 days prior to an Air Show and meet the annual requirement of preparing our installation against anti-terrorism and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats. - Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort conducted Exercise Fallen Angel, March 11. The training was held to meet the requirements of a mass casualty exercise 30 days prior to an Air Show and meet the annual requirement of preparing our installation against anti-terrorism and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats.

Families and friends gathered to welcome home the Marines of Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31 with hugs and kisses, as they returned to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort from a six-month deployment to Japan, March 10. “Marines partnered with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and also made a few trips to Korea and Thailand to demonstrate interoperability between our military and theirs,” said Capt. Nils Alpers, a pilot for Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533. - Families and friends gathered to welcome home the Marines of Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31 with hugs and kisses, as they returned to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort from a six-month deployment to Japan, March 10. “Marines partnered with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and also made a few trips to Korea and Thailand to demonstrate interoperability between our military and theirs,” said Capt. Nils Alpers, a pilot for Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533.

A pastel sunset painted the sky in pinks, oranges and blues as Maj. Paul Holst, an instructor pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, flies into Beaufort skies to conduct an F-35B Lightning II night flight for the first time in Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and VMFAT- 501 history, March 2. - A pastel sunset painted the sky in pinks, oranges and blues as Maj. Paul Holst, an instructor pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, flies into Beaufort skies to conduct an F-35B Lightning II night flight for the first time in Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and VMFAT- 501 history, March 2.

Seventy years ago, brave Marines stormed the beaches of a small Pacific island known as Iwo Jima. The battle raged from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945. Despite facing horrific conditions, the Marines prevailed and secured the island. One Marine recalls his experience with a heavy heart. William James Bryan sits comfortably in the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island Museum, but in his mind he is taken back to the beaches of Iwo Jima. - Seventy years ago, brave Marines stormed the beaches of a small Pacific island known as Iwo Jima. The battle raged from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945. Despite facing horrific conditions, the Marines prevailed and secured the island. One Marine recalls his experience with a heavy heart. William James Bryan sits comfortably in the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island Museum, but in his mind he is taken back to the beaches of Iwo Jima.