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.
Six members of the Yuma-based Harrier squadron VMA-214 returned home to loved ones at MCAS-Yuma Thursday (7-30-09), one day ahead of the rest of the returning members of the squadron. Video by Stephanie Wilken and Rob Powell
More members of the Yuma-based Harrier squadron VMA-214 returned home to loved ones at MCAS-Yuma Friday (7-31-09) after participating in counter-piracy operations off the coast of Africa, near Somalia. Video by Stephanie Wilken and Rob Powell
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.
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.
How Marine Aviation Ordnance Technicians attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit store, build and load ordnance on Kadena Airbase, Okinawa, Japan. LOANED VIDEO/DVIDS
