Enthusiastic family members waited cheerfully as Yuma-based Marines with Marine Attack Squadron 214 returned to MCAS Yuma following a seven-month deployment with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Western Pacific and Persian Gulf.

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.

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing conducted its first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Short Take off, Vertical Landing aboard MCAS Yuma. LOANED VIDEO/MCAS Yuma, Lance Cpl. Ryan Lampro

Three of the five surviving members of the original Black Sheep Squadron, VMF214, met with current squadron members at their hanger at MCAS-Yuma Thursday (4-14-11).

Hundreds gathered at MCAS Yuma on Wed, Feb. 29 to mourn the loss of U.S. Marine Major Nathan W. Anderson, a 32-year old Pilot Instructor who died in a tragic helicopter training accident on Feb. 22 near Yuma, Ariz. LOANED VIDEO/MCAS YUMA