Videos

U.S. Marine Captain Katrina Lamsa, a UH-1Y Huey pilot and the Air Frames Officer in Charge with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, discusses the importance of rapid deployment operations as well as the advantages it offers the 1st Marine Air Wing and III Marine Expeditionary Force. Force, on Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 24, 2019. As the only forward-deployed MEF, III MEF is strategically postured to quickly and effectively respond to any crisis within the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Sarah Taggett)

U.S. Marine Captain Brendon O'Donnell, an AH-1Z Viper pilot and Pilot Training Instructor with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, discusses the importance of rapid deployment operations as well as the advantages it offers the 1st Marine Air Wing and III Marine Expeditionary Force on Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 24, 2019. As the only forward-deployed MEF, III MEF is strategically postured to quickly and effectively respond to any crisis within the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Sarah Taggett)

Six AH-1Z Viper helicopters and six UH-1Y Huey helicopters with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 participate in a formation over Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 19, 2019. HMLA-169 successfully and safely launched 12 aircraft for a single flight as a display of appreciation for the hard work of the squadron. (U.S. Marine Corps video taken by Lance Cpl. Gerardo W. Cano)