Yuma pilot goes global for C-12F
March 31, 2011 — Maj. John Green, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron executive officer, will leave the station April 1, 2011, for Iwakuni, Japan, in order to pick up the station’s first C-12F from the Air Force, which is set to replace the station’s older models. His trip, slated to beginning April 6, will take him across four continents and 10 countries, MORE
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Units participate in Crown Joule 3 before Afghanistan
March 31, 2011 — Marine Attack Squadron 214, Marine Attack Squadron 311, and Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 returned March 28, 2011, from a weeklong expeditionary training exercise at Laguna Army Air Field in Arizona. The exercise, Crown Joule 3, allowed units to continue flight operations during the week leading up to and throughout the air show when the flight MORE
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Spirits soar during 49th Yuma Air Show
March 31, 2011 — The aroma of sweets and barbecue mingled with the smell of jet engine fuel and exhaust on the station’s flight line Saturday. Laughter and excited chatter could still be heard even over the roar of aircraft passing by. Civilians in shorts and T-shirts chatted easily with service members in full uniform. It was indeed the annual Yuma Air Show.The MORE
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Search for missing Yuma Marine ends tragically
March 23, 2011 — A Yuma-based Marine reported missing on March 16 was discovered dead by a local farmer in a canal southwest of Yuma on March 21.The Marine has been identified as Cpl. Joshua Barron, an AV-8B Harrier engine mechanic attached to Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13."Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Cpl. Barron during this MORE
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Bodybuilding Yuma Marine lifts standards: MACS-1 lieutenant to compete nationally
March 3, 2011 — Pushing his body to its limits, 26-year-old 1st Lt. Mycal Anders, body builder and Marine Air Control Squadron 1 air traffic control officer, can be found at the gym, every day twice a day, training for his first national qualifying body building competition. Anders, born on Torrejon Air Base in Madrid, Spain, and traveling all over the world MORE
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EOD Marines remember fallen, immortalize them
March 3, 2011 — "Greater love hath no man than this; that a man lay down his life for his friends," John 15:13. This quotation is inscribed on a plaque that rests on a tri-faced structure within the air station's Combined Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit building. Besides the plaque, the wall is covered in portraits of Marines, 35 in all. The first portrait is of MORE
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