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Marines from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252) refuel their KC-130/R Hercules at a forward airbase in the ENDURING FREEDOM area. They are using an Air Force R-9 Refueling Truck

Marines from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252 Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

Canadian Forces Air Command Major (MAJ) Colin Keiver (left), a KC-130 Hercules aircraft exchange pilot assigned to US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), briefs his crew before departing on a humanitarian mission to transport supplies to a forward deployed location, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Canadian Forces Air Command Major (MAJ) Colin Keiver (left), a KC-130 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSGT John Nimmo, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Lance Cpl. Charles Schneider recently completed his

Lance Cpl. Charles Schneider recently completed his

Lance Cpl. Charles Schneider recently completed his initial training to become a crew master with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. “I’ve always been pretty mechanically i... More

U.S. Marines perform various stretches prior to conducting

U.S. Marines perform various stretches prior to conducting

U.S. Marines perform various stretches prior to conducting unit physical training on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 29, 2019. Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 14 cond... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Arnold Sosa, a KC-130

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Arnold Sosa, a KC-130

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Arnold Sosa, a KC-130 loadmaster assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252, performs safety checks before takeoff on a KC-130 in Beaufort, S.C., on March 19, ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Arnold Sosa, a KC-130

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Arnold Sosa, a KC-130

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Arnold Sosa, a KC-130 loadmaster assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252, talks to Maj. Janine Garner, a KC-130 aircraft commander also assigned to VMGR-252... More

A Spanish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet with 462 Squadron

A Spanish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet with 462 Squadron

A Spanish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet with 462 Squadron receives fuel from a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Respons... More

Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) walk from a hangar at a forward operating base towards a KC-130/R from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252) to be flown back into Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

Seen through a Night Vision Scope, Sergeant Jeremiah Hockett, USMC, Loadmaster, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), uses a flashlight to record his loading information during a flight into Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Seen through a Night Vision Scope, Sergeant Jeremiah Hockett, USMC, Lo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252 Scene C... More

Sergeant Joseph Cook, USMC, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), Power line Mechanic refuels a KC-130/R Hercules before a return flight into Kandahar during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The squadron is operating out of a forward airbase in the Enduring Freedom area

Sergeant Joseph Cook, USMC, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252 Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

Corporal Jason Glatfelter, USMC, First Mechanic, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), checks out engine number four on a Marine KC-130/R during a preflight inspection. The squadron is deployed in direct support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and stationed at a forward operating airfield in the area

Corporal Jason Glatfelter, USMC, First Mechanic, Marine Aerial Refuele...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252 Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Collin Marchant, a KC-130 Hercules aircraft Flight Mechanic assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), takes an opportunity to read a book during a cargo airlift flight in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Collin Marchant, a KC-130 Hercul...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SRA Cheresa D. Clark, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Sgt. Thomas Bahr, a loadmaster and a crew master student

Sgt. Thomas Bahr, a loadmaster and a crew master student

Sgt. Thomas Bahr, a loadmaster and a crew master student instructor, with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, unloads equipment after a flight back from Afghanistan Oct. 4. The instructor was one of ... More

Family and friends of U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial

Family and friends of U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial

Family and friends of U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 wait for their Marines returning after a deployment on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 5, 2018. VM... More

Marines assigned to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing load supply

Marines assigned to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing load supply

Marines assigned to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing load supply crates aboard a KC-130J Super Hercules at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Sept. 11, 2017. The Marines are flying to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin I... More

An MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor

An MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor

An MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 264, conducts an aerial refueling exercise over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of N.C., April 14, 2014. Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squ... More

U.S. Marines perform butterfly stretches prior to conducting

U.S. Marines perform butterfly stretches prior to conducting

U.S. Marines perform butterfly stretches prior to conducting unit physical training on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 29, 2019. Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 14 co... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Rene Buckley, a KC-130 Hercules aircraft Loadmaster assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), performs preflight fuel calculations onboard his aircraft prior conducting a humanitarian mission to transport supplies to a forward deployed location, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Rene Buckley, a KC-130 Hercules ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSGT John Nimmo, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

VMGR-252 Marines return to Cherry Point

VMGR-252 Marines return to Cherry Point

Staff Sgt. Joseph Domann hugs his daughter on the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point flight line Dec. 15. Domann was the staff noncommissioned officer-in-charge of the electric shop work center of Marine Aer... More

A KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refueling aircraft

A KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refueling aircraft

A KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refueling aircraft with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 circles above the White Oak River in Swansboro, N.C., on approach to Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bo... More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Charles Casey, a KC-130J Super

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Charles Casey, a KC-130J Super

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Charles Casey, a KC-130J Super Hercules pilot with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252, speaks to his co-pilot during a tactical navigation flight near Canadian Forces Ba... More

A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules assigned

A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules assigned

A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 taxis down the flightline after returning from a deployment on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, ... More

Staff Sgt. John Mejia, the assistant operations chief

Staff Sgt. John Mejia, the assistant operations chief

Staff Sgt. John Mejia, the assistant operations chief with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, accompanies an Afghan national civil order policeman who escorted a fellow policeman killed in combat to his home i... More

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, assigned to Marine fighter Attack training Squadron (VMFAT) 501, performs maneuvers during an aerial exercise in Beaufort, S.C., on March 19, 2015. T... More

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys and KC-130Js with

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys and KC-130Js with

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys and KC-130Js with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa fly in formation for a large force integration of aviation capabilities, enroute to Rota, S... More

Corporal Jason Glatfelter, USMC, First Mechanic, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), checks out engine number four on a Marine KC-130/R during a preflight inspection. The squadron is deployed in direct support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and stationed at a forward operating airfield in the area. A flightline patrol in a M1043 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) is in the background

Corporal Jason Glatfelter, USMC, First Mechanic, Marine Aerial Refuele...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252 Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

As darkness falls, Loadmasters from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252) guide a 10K forklift into position. They are unloading their KC-130/R on the ramp at the Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

As darkness falls, Loadmasters from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252 Scene C... More

As they pass a Marine KC-130/R, Sergeant Joseph Cook, USMC, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), Powerline Mechanic watches the road from atop an M1043 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) while checking out the flightline at a forward operating airbase in the ENDURING FREEDOM area

As they pass a Marine KC-130/R, Sergeant Joseph Cook, USMC, Marine Aer...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252 Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Collin Marchant, a KC-130 Hercules aircraft Flight Mechanic assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), performs a preflight inspection on his aircraft prior conducting a humanitarian mission to transport supplies to a forward deployed location in the Persian Gulf

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Collin Marchant, a KC-130 Hercul...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSGT John Nimmo, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Marines with 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion,

Marines with 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion,

Marines with 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, take a break before boarding a KC-130J Hercules to parachute into Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Cen... More

Four EA-6B Prowlers belonging to each Prowler squadron

Four EA-6B Prowlers belonging to each Prowler squadron

Four EA-6B Prowlers belonging to each Prowler squadron aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point conducted a "Final Four" division flight aboard the air station March 1, 2016. The "Final Four" flight is the ... More

A KC-130J Super Hercules lands on the flight line aboard

A KC-130J Super Hercules lands on the flight line aboard

A KC-130J Super Hercules lands on the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Feb. 22. Aircraft and personnel from MCAS Cherry Point will visit MCAS Beaufort to participate in Exercise Eager Respo... More

U.S. Marines form up for physical training on the flight

U.S. Marines form up for physical training on the flight

U.S. Marines form up for physical training on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 29, 2019. Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 14 conducted the physical training as part of ... More

Inside his KC-130/R, MASTER Sergeant Daniel Hall, USMC, Load MASTER, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), attaches his NVGs (Night Vision Goggle) to his flight helmet before a flight into Kandahar in support of the Army during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Inside his KC-130/R, MASTER Sergeant Daniel Hall, USMC, Load MASTER, M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252 Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

As they pass a Marine KC-130/R, Sergeant Joseph Cook, USMC, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), Powerline Mechanic watches the road from atop an M1043 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) while checking out the flightline at a forward operating airbase in the ENDURING FREEDOM area

As they pass a Marine KC-130/R, Sergeant Joseph Cook, USMC, Marine Aer...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252 Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

Four EA-6B Prowlers belonging to each Prowler squadron

Four EA-6B Prowlers belonging to each Prowler squadron

Four EA-6B Prowlers belonging to each Prowler squadron aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point conducted a "Final Four" division flight aboard the air station March 1, 2016. The "Final Four" flight is the ... More

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys and KC-130Js with

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys and KC-130Js with

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys and KC-130Js with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa fly in formation for a large force integration of aviation capabilities, enroute to Rota, S... More

A father helps his son pick out a gift bag at a Christmas

A father helps his son pick out a gift bag at a Christmas

A father helps his son pick out a gift bag at a Christmas party hosted by Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Dec. 1, 2017. The Marines and famil... More

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Michael A. Smargiassi, a

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Michael A. Smargiassi, a

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Michael A. Smargiassi, a KC-130J Super Hercules pilot with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 looks out at the runway during approach at Canadian Forces Base Trenton,... More

Marines, veterans and family members with Marine Aerial

Marines, veterans and family members with Marine Aerial

Marines, veterans and family members with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 celebrate their 90th birthday on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., June 1, 2018. The unit is the oldest,... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Mike Murdock, a pilot assigned

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Mike Murdock, a pilot assigned

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Mike Murdock, a pilot assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252, maps the flight path before takeoff on a KC-130 in Beaufort, S.C., on March 19, 2015. The KC-130 i... More

An EA-6B Prowler, belonging to 2nd Marine Aircraft

An EA-6B Prowler, belonging to 2nd Marine Aircraft

An EA-6B Prowler, belonging to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing glides through cascading sunlight while conducting aerial maneuvers during an air-to-air refuel training exercise over the Atlantic Ocean Sept. 14, 2015. ... More

Marines carry equipment on the flight line aboard Marine

Marines carry equipment on the flight line aboard Marine

Marines carry equipment on the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Feb. 22. Squadrons from MCAS Cherry Point will visit MCAS Beaufort to participate in Exercise Eager Response Feb. 24-28. Eage... More

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa prepare for take-off from Morón Air Base, Spain, June 27, 2016. Th... More

The Lieutenant General Chesty Puller Outstanding Leardership

The Lieutenant General Chesty Puller Outstanding Leardership

The Lieutenant General Chesty Puller Outstanding Leardership Award is staged during the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 Chesty Puller Award ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point... More

Sgt. Christopher A. Savoie, a KC-130J loadmaster with

Sgt. Christopher A. Savoie, a KC-130J loadmaster with

Sgt. Christopher A. Savoie, a KC-130J loadmaster with Marine Aerial Refueling Transport Squadron 252, and a native of Opelousas, La., waits for launch in a KC-130J at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, May 20. "We... More

Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) board the rear of a KC-130/R with engines running from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252). It is located at a forward operating base and now preparing for a flight back into Kandahar, Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

Seen in the green glow of a Night Vision Scope, soldiers from the 101st Airborne prepare to board a Marine KC-130/R from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252) for a flight out of Bagram, Afghanistan back to the Kandahar Airport during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Seen in the green glow of a Night Vision Scope, soldiers from the 101s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252 Scene C... More

Lt. Col. Brendan Burks, right, recognizes Cpl. Nathan

Lt. Col. Brendan Burks, right, recognizes Cpl. Nathan

Lt. Col. Brendan Burks, right, recognizes Cpl. Nathan Hall after his “Safety Win of the Week” during an operational reset at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Aug. 21, 2017. While conducting maintena... More

Gunnery Sgt. Brian D. Cook, the aviation ordnance chief

Gunnery Sgt. Brian D. Cook, the aviation ordnance chief

Gunnery Sgt. Brian D. Cook, the aviation ordnance chief with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, instructs one of his junior Marines on Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, May 1. The Harvest Hawk equipped Hercu... More

A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules is staged

A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules is staged

A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules is staged on the flight-line at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Feb. 27th, 2019. Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 is expanding its mi... More

An AV-8B Harrier, belonging to 2nd Marine Aircraft

An AV-8B Harrier, belonging to 2nd Marine Aircraft

An AV-8B Harrier, belonging to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing glides through calm skies while conducting aerial maneuvers during an air-to-air refuel training exercise over the Atlantic Ocean Sept. 14, 2015. Aircraft... More

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, assigned to Marine fighter Attack training Squadron (VMFAT) 501, performs maneuvers during an aerial exercise in Beaufort, S.C., on March 19, 2015. T... More

Marines, with backpacks, 5.56 mm Colt M16A2 Assault Rifles, and extra gear, from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) make their way towards an awaiting KC-130/R, with engines running, from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252). The Marine and aircraft are located at a forward operating base and preparing for a flight back into Kandahar, Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Marines, with backpacks, 5.56 mm Colt M16A2 Assault Rifles, and extra ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

Corporal Jason Glatfelter, USMC, First Mechanic, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), checks out engine number four on a Marine KC-130/R during a preflight inspection. The squadron is deployed in direct support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and stationed at a forward operating airfield in the area

Corporal Jason Glatfelter, USMC, First Mechanic, Marine Aerial Refuele...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252 Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

Soldiers from the Armys 101st Airborne prepare to board a Marine KC-130/R from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252) for a flight out of Bagram, Afghanistan back to the Kandahar Airport during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Soldiers from the Armys 101st Airborne prepare to board a Marine KC-13...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bargram Air Base State: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252 Scene C... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) William Beuck, KC-130 Hercules aircraft Flight Engineer assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), performs a preflight inspection inside the cockpit of his aircraft prior conducting a humanitarian mission to transport supplies to a forward deployed location in the Persian Gulf

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) William Beuck, KC-130 Her...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSGT John Nimmo, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Capt. James Brophy, left, and 1st Lt. David Bick fly

Capt. James Brophy, left, and 1st Lt. David Bick fly

Capt. James Brophy, left, and 1st Lt. David Bick fly a modified KC-130J Super Hercules at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Sept. 2, 2014. The aircraft is equipped with a Harvest Hercules Airborne We... More

Lance Cpl. Charles Schneider walks towards a pair of

Lance Cpl. Charles Schneider walks towards a pair of

Lance Cpl. Charles Schneider walks towards a pair of Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules on the flight line aboard the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 18, 2016. Schneider has just recently completed... More

Family and friends of U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial

Family and friends of U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial

Family and friends of U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 wait for their Marines returning after a deployment on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 5, 2018. VM... More

A U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon refuels during a joint

A U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon refuels during a joint

A U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon refuels during a joint training aerial refueling exercise near Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., June 21, 2017. A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules assigned to Ma... More

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Andrew McMillan embraces his wife

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Andrew McMillan embraces his wife

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Andrew McMillan embraces his wife as he prepares to leave for deployment at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 22, 2019. Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (... More

A Spanish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet with 462 Squadron

A Spanish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet with 462 Squadron

A Spanish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet with 462 Squadron breaks off after receiving fuel from a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Fo... More

An AV-8B Harrier, belonging to 2nd Marine Aircraft

An AV-8B Harrier, belonging to 2nd Marine Aircraft

An AV-8B Harrier, belonging to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing conducts aerial maneuvers during an air-to-air refuel training exercise over the Atlantic Ocean Sept. 14, 2015. Aircraft from Marine Corps Air Station Che... More

A KC-130/R Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), the Raiders, stands by on an airfield at a forward operating base. A KC-130/R Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252) takes off in the background with Marines from the 26th MEU returning to Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A KC-130/R Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-352 Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) board the rear of a KC-130/R with engines running from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252). It is located at a forward operating base and now preparing for a flight back into Kandahar, Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

Canadian Forces Air Command Major (MAJ) Colin Keiver (Pilot), and Captain (CPT) Michael Parish (Co-Pilot), both assigned to US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), discuss flight plan vector locations in the cockpit of their KC-130 Hercules aircraft, after having delivered humanitarian supplies to a forward operating location during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Canadian Forces Air Command Major (MAJ) Colin Keiver (Pilot), and Capt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSGT John Nimmo, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band performs during a

The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band performs during a

The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band performs during a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 30, 2017. Lt. Col. Claiborne H. Rogers relinquished command of Marine Aerial ... More

A Marine assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport

A Marine assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport

A Marine assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 participates in a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear training exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, July 13, 2017. Th... More

Marines assigned to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing board

Marines assigned to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing board

Marines assigned to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing board a KC-130J Super Hercules at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Sept. 11, 2017. The Marines are flying to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands to support re... More

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Michael Rossbach embraces his

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Michael Rossbach embraces his

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Michael Rossbach embraces his family as he prepares to leave for deployment at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 22, 2019. Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squa... More

Marines with 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion,

Marines with 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion,

Marines with 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, prepare to parachute out of a KC-130J Hercules into Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in Indiana... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tristan Maxfield and Lance Cpl.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tristan Maxfield and Lance Cpl.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tristan Maxfield and Lance Cpl. Jesse Henderson inspect each other’s gear during Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) defense training at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry ... More

Two Naval Aviators operate the controls of a KC-130J

Two Naval Aviators operate the controls of a KC-130J

Two Naval Aviators operate the controls of a KC-130J Super Hercules while conducting aerial maneuvers during an air-to-air refuel training exercise over the Atlantic Ocean Sept. 14, 2015. Aircraft from Marine C... More

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys and KC-130Js with

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys and KC-130Js with

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys and KC-130Js with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa fly in formation for a large force integration of aviation capabilities, enroute to Morón A... More

Marines from the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252) load their gear on a back of a M35 2.5-ton (Deuce and a-Half) truck after arriving at their new home at a forward operating base during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Marines from the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-2...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252 Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

Inside the Marine KC-130/R, Sergeant Jeremiah Hockett, USMC, Loadmaster, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), secures an Army John Deere 6X4 "Gator" All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) to the deck. The ATV, with its crew, will be flown into Kandahar, Afghanistan in support of the Army during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Inside the Marine KC-130/R, Sergeant Jeremiah Hockett, USMC, Loadmaste...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252 Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

Canadian Forces Air Command Major (MAJ) Colin Keiver (Pilot) and Captain (CPT) Michael Parish, (Co-Pilot), both assigned to US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), conduct a combat entry/exit checklist in the cockpit of their KC-130 Hercules aircraft, upon departing hostile airspace after having delivered humanitarian supplies to a forward operating location during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Canadian Forces Air Command Major (MAJ) Colin Keiver (Pilot) and Capta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSGT John Nimmo, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Gunnery Sgt. Jeff Morgan, a KC-130J Hercules crew chief

Gunnery Sgt. Jeff Morgan, a KC-130J Hercules crew chief

Gunnery Sgt. Jeff Morgan, a KC-130J Hercules crew chief and Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization evaluator with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, teaches Margret VanGor and A... More

VMGR-252, HMH-464 go offshore to conduct aerial refueling training

VMGR-252, HMH-464 go offshore to conduct aerial refueling training

A CH-53E Super Stallion belonging to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 refuels off the Atlantic Coast during training Monday. The Super Stallion received fuel from a KC-130J with Marine Aerial Refueler Trans... More

A CH-53E Super Stallion idles before take-off at Marine

A CH-53E Super Stallion idles before take-off at Marine

A CH-53E Super Stallion idles before take-off at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 8, 2014.

Marines with Marine Air Refueler Transport Squadron

Marines with Marine Air Refueler Transport Squadron

Marines with Marine Air Refueler Transport Squadron 252 pilot a KC-130J Super Hercules during a Tactical Navigation training flight at Hunter Army Airfield, Ga., Oct. 23, 2014. The training allows pilots to hon... More

A naval aviator with Marine Fighter Attack Training

A naval aviator with Marine Fighter Attack Training

A naval aviator with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 pilots an F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter above Eastern North Carolina during aerial refueling training with Marine Aerial Refueler Trans... More

A U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon with U.S. Navy Helicopter

A U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon with U.S. Navy Helicopter

A U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon with U.S. Navy Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 approaches the hose of a KC-130J Super Hercules during an air-to-air refueling exercise near Marine Corps Air Station Ch... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Javier Duarte motivates

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Javier Duarte motivates

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Javier Duarte motivates the audience during the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 90th birthday celebration on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., June 1,... More

Sgt. Christopher A. Savoie, a KC-130J loadmaster with

Sgt. Christopher A. Savoie, a KC-130J loadmaster with

Sgt. Christopher A. Savoie, a KC-130J loadmaster with Marine Aerial Refueling Transport Squadron 252, and a native of Opelousas, La., performs ground observation duties on a KC-130J during its launch from Kanda... More

Four EA-6B Prowlers belonging to each Prowler squadron

Four EA-6B Prowlers belonging to each Prowler squadron

Four EA-6B Prowlers belonging to each Prowler squadron aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point conducted a "Final Four" division flight aboard the air station March 1, 2016. The "Final Four" flight is the ... More

A KC-130J Super Hercules banks during a flight toward

A KC-130J Super Hercules banks during a flight toward

A KC-130J Super Hercules banks during a flight toward Hurlburt Air Force Base, Fla., to conduct an aerial delivery and insertion with United States Special Operations Command Oct. 24, 2014. The Hercules belongs... More

U.S. Marine Corps KC-130Js with Marine Aerial Refueler

U.S. Marine Corps KC-130Js with Marine Aerial Refueler

U.S. Marine Corps KC-130Js with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa fly in formation for a large force integration of aviation capa... More

U.S. Marine Corps KC-130Js with Marine Aerial Refueler

U.S. Marine Corps KC-130Js with Marine Aerial Refueler

U.S. Marine Corps KC-130Js with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa fly in formation for a large force integration of aviation capa... More

A Marine from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252) takes time to read a book during a flight to his units forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area

A Marine from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252 Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

At a forward operating base, Loadmaster Corporal Matthew Rider, USMC, from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), watches as Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) board a KC-130 belonging to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252). Prior to a flight to return the MEU back into Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

At a forward operating base, Loadmaster Corporal Matthew Rider, USMC, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-352 Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

Seen in the green glow of a Night Vision Scope, Loadmasters from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252) guide a 10K-AT forklift as they unload their KC-130/R on the ramp in Bagram, Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Seen in the green glow of a Night Vision Scope, Loadmasters from Marin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252 Scene C... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) KC-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), is refueled at a forward operating location in the Persian Gulf, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) KC-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to Marine A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSGT John Nimmo, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refueling aircraft

A KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refueling aircraft

A KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refueling aircraft with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 circles above the White Oak River in Swansboro, N.C., on approach to Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bo... More

An AH-1W Super Cobra rests on the flight line aboard

An AH-1W Super Cobra rests on the flight line aboard

An AH-1W Super Cobra rests on the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Feb. 22. Squadrons from MCAS Cherry Point will visit MCAS Beaufort to participate in Exercise Eager Response Feb. 24-28. E... More

A KC-130J Super Hercules assigned to Marine Aerial

A KC-130J Super Hercules assigned to Marine Aerial

A KC-130J Super Hercules assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 prepares for takeoff at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C, Sept. 11, 2017. VMGR-252 transported supplies and Marines t... More

An EA-6B Prowler flies closely behind a KC-130J Super

An EA-6B Prowler flies closely behind a KC-130J Super

An EA-6B Prowler flies closely behind a KC-130J Super Hercules during an aerial refueling mission over the Atlantic Ocean Sept. 7, 2016. The mission of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 is to suppor... More

Lance Cpl. Benjamin Lockyer, a loadmaster with Marine

Lance Cpl. Benjamin Lockyer, a loadmaster with Marine

Lance Cpl. Benjamin Lockyer, a loadmaster with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, peers out the back of a KC-130J Hercules at the Indiana landscape below Sept. 30. VMGR-252 transported 21 Marines f... More

U.S. Marine Col. Michael Quinto speaks to Marines after

U.S. Marine Col. Michael Quinto speaks to Marines after

U.S. Marine Col. Michael Quinto speaks to Marines after unit physical training on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 29, 2019. Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 14 conduct... More

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