Parachute riggers with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 are keeping harriers operational and pilots safe, ensuring all their parachute equipment is up to date and functioning properly.
About 90 Marines with VMA-513 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 returned home to Yuma Tuesday (1-12-09) morning after a nearly six-month long deployment.
The first F-35B Lightning arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Friday afternoon. MCAS Yuma will eventually be home to 88 F-35Bs - 5 squadrons each with 16 aircraft, and one operational test and evaluation squadron of eight aircraft.
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma welcomed its first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and will hold a re-designation ceremony Tuesday for VMFA-121, which will become the first operational F-35 squadron in the country.
Harry Johnson, original member of the Black Sheep Squadron under the command of Maj. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington during World War II, talks about the differences between the squadron then and now.
150 members of Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 returned to MCAS-Yuma Tuesday night after a seven-month tour in Afghanistan. Video by Stephanie Wilken and Rob Powell
