As part of Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron Ones' Weapons and Tactics Instructors course, Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, based out of MCAS Miramar, Calif., and Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, based out of MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, conducted refueling exercises with participating AV-8B Harrier's and V-22 Osprey's over the Bristol Military Operation Area in Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 19. Captain Slade Ermis (left), VMGR-152 C-130 pilot and a native of Huntsville, Texas, and Capt. Mike B


As part of Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron Ones' Weapons and Tactics Instructors course, Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, based out of MCAS Miramar, Calif., and Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, based out of MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, conducted refueling exercises with participating AV-8B Harrier's and V-22 Osprey's over the Bristol Military Operation Area in Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 19. Captain Slade Ermis (left), VMGR-152 C-130 pilot and a native of Huntsville, Texas, and Capt. Mike Blejski (right), VMGR-352 C-130 pilot and a native of Lansing, Ill., went over fixed-wing and rotor refueling exercises nearing sundown over the desert landscape. C-130 Refueling AV-8B Harrier's & V-22 Osprey's 130419-M-UQ043-001


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