MCAS Cherry Point News

A flag flies at half-staff in honor of the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., as the National Wright Brothers Memorial looms in the background on the 109th anniversary of the first powered flight, Dec. 17 at Kitty Hawk, N.C. On that date 109 years ago, aviation became a reality when Orville Wright flew in a machine heavier than air for 12 seconds. - A flag flies at half-staff in honor of the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., as the National Wright Brothers Memorial looms in the background on the 109th anniversary of the first powered flight, Dec. 17 at Kitty Hawk, N.C. On that date 109 years ago, aviation became a reality when Orville Wright flew in a machine heavier than air for 12 seconds.

F-35B Joint Strike Fighters with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 conduct aerial refueler training with a KC-130J Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 Oct. 2in the sky near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. It was the first time an operational Joint Strike Fighter had conducted air-to-air refueling. - F-35B Joint Strike Fighters with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 conduct aerial refueler training with a KC-130J Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 Oct. 2in the sky near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. It was the first time an operational Joint Strike Fighter had conducted air-to-air refueling.