Maj. Eric Grunke, an AV-8B Harrier instructor pilot, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics One, Yuma, Ariz., and Weiser, Idaho, native, straps on his aviator helmet and checks his communications before support a rehearsal of Close Air Support and Forward Air Controller (Airborne) operations with Swedish aviators from the Swedish Air Force Operation, Tactics and Procedures division and SwAF UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters from the 21st Black Hawk Helicopter Wing. Marine aviation instructors from Marine Air Weapons and Tactics One, Yuma, Ariz., introduced Forward Air Controller (Airborne) and Close A
Maj. Eric Grunke, an AV-8B Harrier instructor pilot, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics One, Yuma, Ariz., and Weiser, Idaho, native, straps on his aviator helmet and checks his communications before support a rehearsal of Close Air Support and Forward Air Controller (Airborne) operations with Swedish aviators from the Swedish Air Force Operation, Tactics and Procedures division and SwAF UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters from the 21st Black Hawk Helicopter Wing. Marine aviation instructors from Marine Air Weapons and Tactics One, Yuma, Ariz., introduced Forward Air Controller (Airborne) and Close Air Support concepts, tactics, and procedures for evaluation into the Swedish Air Force's aviation training with SwAF pilots from the 21st UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter Wing and the JAS-39 Grippen Operations, Tactics and Evaluations division, August 5-23 at Malmen Military Base, Linköping, Sweden. Function Check 130821-M-XI134-006
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