A T-34 training plane is displayed at the Flying Leatherneck
A T-34 training plane is displayed at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, Dec. 8. Retired Lt. Col. Jay N. Bibler, a former F-4 Phantom pilot and a native of San Jaquin Valley, Calif., flew in this type of ... More
John Deckert, a combat artist and Vietnam era Marine,
John Deckert, a combat artist and Vietnam era Marine, sits in the cockpit of a Bell HTL-4 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 17. Deckert is a fine art painter who is visiting MCAS Miramar to work... More
A sand blaster sits after use on a 1944 International
A sand blaster sits after use on a 1944 International Harvester FFN-3 fire and crash crew engine at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum warehouse aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 12. The... More
Robert Cramsie, left, a restoration volunteer with
Robert Cramsie, left, a restoration volunteer with the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum and a board member of the Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation, displays his award while shaking hands with Col. Jas... More
Retired Sgt. Maj. Mike Zacker, secretary of the board
Retired Sgt. Maj. Mike Zacker, secretary of the board of directors and docent at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum and Historical Foundation, speaks with a guest at the museum aboard Marine Corps Air Stati... More
The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum recently restored
The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum recently restored the last A-4M Skyhawk “Easter Egg” July 19, which is now displayed for public viewing outside Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif. The restoration pr... More
John Deckert, a combat artist and Vietnam era Marine,
John Deckert, a combat artist and Vietnam era Marine, sits in the cockpit of a Bell HTL-4 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 17. Deckert is a fine art painter who is visiting MCAS Miramar to work... More
Navy Lt. Ana Brown, an EA-6B Prowler pilot with Electronic
Navy Lt. Ana Brown, an EA-6B Prowler pilot with Electronic Attack Squadron 131 from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., disembarks from the aircraft after flying it to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Cal... More
A Douglas A-4 Skyhawk formally with Marine Attack Squadron
A Douglas A-4 Skyhawk formally with Marine Attack Squadron 324 attached to Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, Calif., fires a rocket Sept. 4, 1976. There were a total of only 2,960 A-4s made before the Douglas A... More
Several A-4 Skyhawks formally with Marine Attack Squadron
Several A-4 Skyhawks formally with Marine Attack Squadron 214 sit aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. The Skyhawk played a role in the Vietnam War, Yom Kippur War and the Falksland War by providing air ... More
John Deckert, a combat artist and Vietnam era Marine,
John Deckert, a combat artist and Vietnam era Marine, sits in the cockpit of a Bell HTL-4 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 17. Deckert is a fine art painter who is visiting MCAS Miramar to work... More
Cpl. Jesse Tingle, a musician with the 3rd Marine Aircraft
Cpl. Jesse Tingle, a musician with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band, practices flute outside the band hall, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., May 14. Tingle collects historical American flags. H... More
Local 6th grader Stephan Talantova being interviewed
Local 6th grader Stephan Talantova being interviewed about his artwork by Pat Luabach, a Board Member with the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Aug 3. The Flying L... More
Firefighters with the Miramar Fire Department look
Firefighters with the Miramar Fire Department look over a 1944 International Harvester FFN-3 fire and crash crew engine at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum warehouse aboard Marine Corps Air Station Mirama... More
Ray Lopez, a retired petty officer 1st class and assistant
Ray Lopez, a retired petty officer 1st class and assistant aircraft restoration manager with the USS Midway Museum, guides an EA-6B Prowler after landing aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 4.... More
Retired Lt. Col. Jay N. Bibler, a former F-4 Phantom
Retired Lt. Col. Jay N. Bibler, a former F-4 Phantom pilot, and a San Jaquin Valley, Calif., native, shows an artist’s drawing of an A-4 in the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, Dec. 18. Bibler flew the A-4 a... More
Stephen “Smitty” Smith, the Flying Leatherneck Aviation
Stephen “Smitty” Smith, the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum curator, sits in an M-151 Military Utility Tactical Truck, or MUTT at the museum aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 25. Smitty s... More
A 1944 International Harvester FFN-3 fire and crash
A 1944 International Harvester FFN-3 fire and crash crew engine waits for restoration at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum warehouse aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 12. This particula... More
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. Col. Jason
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. Col. Jason G. Woodworth, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., tells the legacy of Lt. Col. Jacob Joseph “Joe” Foss during a dedication ceremon... More
Dan Regis, left, an engineer with Engine 60 at the
Dan Regis, left, an engineer with Engine 60 at the Miramar Fire Department, and Steve Smith, right, curator with the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, talk while looking over a 1944 International Harvester FF... More
A Kaman HOK-1 helicopter remains in a warehouse portion
A Kaman HOK-1 helicopter remains in a warehouse portion of the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 25. The museum holds aircraft such as the HOK-1 indoors to... More
Petty officers with Electronic Attack Squadron 131
Petty officers with Electronic Attack Squadron 131 from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., prepare to ground an EA-6B Prowler before defueling the aircraft aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.,... More
John Deckert, a combat artist and Vietnam era Marine,
John Deckert, a combat artist and Vietnam era Marine, sits in the cockpit of a Bell HTL-4 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 17. Deckert is a fine art painter who is visiting MCAS Miramar to work... More
Retired Lt. Col. Jay N. Bibler, a former F-4 Phantom
Retired Lt. Col. Jay N. Bibler, a former F-4 Phantom pilot and a San Jaquin Valley, Calif., native, admires displays at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, Dec. 18. Bibler flew in the first Marine F-4 Phant... More
An F2-H2 Banshee is displayed outside the Flying Leatherneck
An F2-H2 Banshee is displayed outside the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 25. Aircraft like the Banshee undergo restoration by the museum staff and Marin... More
Robert Cramsie, a restoration volunteer with the Flying
Robert Cramsie, a restoration volunteer with the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum and a board member of the Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation, gives thank you remarks after receiving an award at the Fl... More
A color guard with Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
A color guard with Marine Corps Air Station Miramar performs during the 2011 West Coast Sergeant Major/Master Gunnery Sergeant Reunion professional dinner aboard MCAS Miramar Sept. 16. The reunion is a two-day ... More
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. Coni Foss,
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. Coni Foss, left, daughter of Lt. Col. Jacob Joseph “Joe” Foss, and Col. Jason G. Woodworth, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., cut a ribbon ... More
Staff Sgt. Tomina J. Ward, left, a career planner with
Staff Sgt. Tomina J. Ward, left, a career planner with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and a Danville, Ill., native, and Cpl. Rachelle M. Kovach, right, an administrative specialist with H&HS and an Ando... More
Col. Charles B. Dockery, commanding officer of Marine
Col. Charles B. Dockery, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, speaks to all of the young artists and their families during the art contest at MCAS Miramar, Calif., Aug 3. The Flying Leatherne... More
John Deckert, a combat artist and Vietnam era Marine,
John Deckert, a combat artist and Vietnam era Marine, looks at some of his artwork at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 17. Deckert is a fine art painter who is visiting MCAS Miramar to work on cur... More
Guests of the 2011 West Coast Sergeant Major/Master
Guests of the 2011 West Coast Sergeant Major/Master Gunnery Sergeant Reunion pose for a photo in front of a UH-1 Iroquois during a picnic at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum located on the north side of M... More
The Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Flying Leatherneck
The Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum hosted an art contest for middle and highschool students in the San Diego area at MCAS Miramar, Calif., Aug 3. Students participating in t... More
The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum aboard Marine
The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., restores aircraft for the public to see the inside and outside of aircraft like the restored A-4M Skyhawk “Easter Egg” pic... More
The sun sets on several A-4 Skyhawks aboard Marine
The sun sets on several A-4 Skyhawks aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. The Marine Corps used this aircraft until the early ‘90s after the Douglas Aircraft Company discontinued them in 1979. (Photo cou... More
Retired Lt. Col. Jay N. Bibler, a former F-4 Phantom
Retired Lt. Col. Jay N. Bibler, a former F-4 Phantom pilot and a San Jaquin Valley, Calif., native, admires displays at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, Dec. 18. Bibler now works in the museum and still ... More
A PBJ-1J Mitchell occupies a warehouse portion of the
A PBJ-1J Mitchell occupies a warehouse portion of the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 25. These aircraft were developed in parallel with the Martin B-26 ... More
Retired Lt. Col. Jay N. Bibler, a former F-4 Phantom
Retired Lt. Col. Jay N. Bibler, a former F-4 Phantom and a San Jaquin Valley, Calif., native, shows a painting of an F-4 Phantom that was completed by a friend who was killed in action in the Vietnam War at the... More
A sign paying homage to Marine Corps Air Station El
A sign paying homage to Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, Calif., hangs in the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum aboard MCAS Miramar, Calif., Oct. 25. The museum’s first home was aboard MCAS El Toro, and then ... More
Cpl. Jesse Tingle, a musician with the 3rd Marine Aircraft
Cpl. Jesse Tingle, a musician with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band, holds a folded American flag in his home, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., May 11. The flag was flown at the dedication of t... More
Margie Zacker, volunteer with the Flying Leatherneck
Margie Zacker, volunteer with the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum and Historical Foundation, shows off her crocheting work on sale at the museum aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Sept. 10. Mar... More
A volunteer with the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum
A volunteer with the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum guides pilots of an EA-6B Prowler through shutdown procedures aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 4. The Prowler is the newest aircraft ... More
Col. Charles B. Dockery, commanding officer of Marine
Col. Charles B. Dockery, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, and Bob Butcher, chairman for the Board of Directors for the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, pose with Slyvia Paredes who won... More
Retired Sgt. Maj. Mike Zacker, Secretary of the Board
Retired Sgt. Maj. Mike Zacker, Secretary of the Board of Directors and docent at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum and Historical Foundation, poses for a photo in front of an HRS-1 at the museum aboard Mar... More
The team that worked to restore the “Easter Egg” A-4M
The team that worked to restore the “Easter Egg” A-4M Skyhawk stands in front of the finished aircraft aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 19. The A-4M Skyhawk was built in 1979 and only 2,690... More
Morgan Tingle, Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum docent,
Morgan Tingle, Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum docent, poses by her favorite aircraft display, a CH-46 Sea Knight, flown during Operation Frequent Wind, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., May 9... More
Retired Sgt. Maj. Mike Zacker, secretary of the board
Retired Sgt. Maj. Mike Zacker, secretary of the board of directors and docent at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum and Historical Foundation, reminisces with Dwight Griffin, a former force reconnaissance s... More
Faded symbols decorate the door of a 1944 International
Faded symbols decorate the door of a 1944 International Harvester FFN-3 fire and crash crew engine at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum warehouse aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 12. T... More
John Deckert, a combat artist and Vietnam era Marine,
John Deckert, a combat artist and Vietnam era Marine, holds a sketch he drew from the 2018 Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms at Marine Corps Air Stati... More