Whereas the marine layer hanging over southern California evaporated, squadrons of plane fashioned up throughout the runway at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar early within the morning on June 6, 2019. Seven squadrons with Marine Plane Group (MAG) 16, third Marine Plane Wing (MAW) carried out an enormous coaching evolution throughout which 26 MV-22B Ospreys and 14 CH-53E Tremendous Stallions took flight and soared over Southern California in an superior show of fight energy and capabilities.
“MAG-16 has executed our most flight occasion to exhibit the fight readiness of our MAG and to inform the MAG-16 story” stated Col. Craig C. LeFlore, commanding officer of MAG-16. “We need to take a look at ourselves. If there’s a disaster someplace on the planet, our job is to be prepared to answer that disaster at a second’s discover.
“MAG-16 is a power in readiness. This mass launch isn’t just for present, the vast majority of these plane will exit and conduct tactical coaching after their launch. Coaching that makes your Marines probably the most prepared when our nation is least prepared. I can not consider a greater method for the MAG to rejoice the seventy fifth Anniversary of D-Day and the accomplishments of those that have gone earlier than us,” LeFlore continued.
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