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MCAS
Cherry Point, NC
2nd Lt. Jayson Davidson USMC
from the USMC
Image Archive
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President George W. Bush
and first lady Laura Bush, greet Marines aboard Cherry Point before
addressing thousands of Marines at Camp Lejeune April 3, 2003.
Photo by: Cpl. C Edmond Flurry |
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A Cherry Point Marine
enters the Atlantic from "Pedro," a Marine HH-46D. The
helicopter crew, from MCAS Cherry Point, recently flew the aircraft on a
rescue mission to save a local boater from a burning vessel off the
North Carolina coast.
Photo by: LCpl. Bradly Shaver |
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The importance
of Operation Northern watch (ONW) increases as tensions mount in Iraq.
Marines of VMAQ-3, MAG-14, 2d MAW, stationed out of MCAS Cherry Point, NC
currently support ONW by patrolling the northern no-fly zone in their
EA-6B "Prowlers."
Photo by: Cpl. Kathy J. Arndt |
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Lt. Col. Richard W. Regan,
the Commanding Officer at VMAT-203, lands original AV-8B Day Attack
Harrier for the last time at Cherry Point on 09/30/2004.
Photo by: Lance Cpl. Cullen J. Tiernan
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An EA-6B Prowler from Marine
Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 4 soars over the Nevada desert as
part Exercise Red Flag at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Photo by: Cpl. Nathaniel C. LeBlanc
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MCAS
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Harrier Eclipse
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Lance Cpl.
Brandon Strasler, and Lance Cpl. Kyle Reneham, air traffic
controllers, headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, scan the skies in
the darknes of the radar room.
Photo by: Cpl. Nathaniel c. LeBlanc |
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A Smokey
SAM is fired as an F/A-18 flies overhead. Smokey SAMs train pilots how
to react in case a surface-to-air missile is fired at them.
Photo by: Pfc. James D. Hamel |
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Lithuanian Army
Lt. Darius Bernotas, an infantry officer, takes a look through
the sights of one of 2nd LAAD's shoulder-fired Stinger missile
systems.
Photo by: Cpl. Nathaniel C. LeBlanc |
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