Videos

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 465 offload and rebuild a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter on MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 12, 2021. The CH-53E was transferred from Hawaii to Okinawa in support of Force Design 2030. The CH-53E was disassembled by HMH-463 in Hawaii to accommodate transport in a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft with the Alaska Air National Guard. After arriving at MCAS Futenma, HMH-465 rebuilt the aircraft and is now flying the CH-53E in support of III Marine Expeditionary Force operations and exercises. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Dalton J. Payne)

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 describe their day-to-day as crew chiefs, aircraft maintenance specialists, and pilots as well as why the U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters are useful to operations within the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Pfc. Justin J. Marty)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Levi Dalton, a CH-53E powerplant mechanic with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462, oversees a main rotor head torque check procedure on a CH-53E at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, Aug. 31, 2021. Dalton is a Collateral Duty Quality Assurance Representative for HMH-462 and conducted the torque check when the aircraft conducted 2 hours of flight after the rotor head was replaced.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Samson A. George, an Air Traffic Control Mobile Team Instructor with Marine Air Control Squadron 4, discusses his team’s participation in setting up at a pick-up zone to ensure pilots were able to take off and land without mishaps during a 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Weapons and Tactics Instructor primer (PWTI) operation on Aug. 6, 2020, at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. The exercise was held as part of PWTI to enhance the interoperability, relationships and communication between U.S. Marine Corps air, ground components with the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Brennan J. Beauton)

Sgt. John McDonnell with HMH-462 details the use and importance of blade tape for a rotary aircraft June 13, 2019, in Okinawa, Japan. Blade tape is used to protect the edge of the blades of rotary aircraft in environments where the blades could be potentially damaged. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Pfc. Ethan M. LeBlanc)

Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, refuel and resupply an F-35B Lightning II jet with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, 1st MAW, during Distributed STOVL Operations (DSO) on Ie Shima island, Japan, Jan. 23, 2019. The rehearsal enabled CH-53E helicopters to re-fuel and re-arm F-35B Lightning II jets from a Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP), significantly improving the operational flexibility, survivability, and lethality of the F-35B. The FARP provided a hot refuel and hot reload for multiple aircraft with All Up Rounds (AUR), also known as a completely assembled weapon, giving pilots the ability to stay in the fight longer, and accomplish more missions in a shorter period of time from austere locations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Dakota Heathwarr)

After it's inception, July 7, 1941, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing has been a vital asset to the American people. Premiering new capabilities constantly, 1st MAW has played a role in every major theater of war since World War II. After 77 years of dedicated service, 1st MAW takes pause only for a moment to note their accomplishments before moving forward to continue supporting the mission-- whatever it may be. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Natalie Dillon)