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.

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

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

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.

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