Marine infantry officer students conduct 1,100-mile raid with MV-22 Ospreys

Published on: January 13, 2014 at 7:46 PM

The following images were shot at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, on Dec. 15, 2013, when students from the Infantry Officer Course (IOC) completed a “Proof-of-Concept” 1,100 mile, long-range operation from Twentynine Palms, Calif., to Fort Hood, Texas via MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.

Marine infantry officer students conduct 1,100-mile raid

The Marines used the Osprey to fast-rope into a mock city, secure the embassy and rescue key U.S. personnel.

Marine infantry officer students conduct 1,100-mile raid

A CV-22 Osprey of the AFSOC (Air Force Special Operations Command) was hit by ground fire during an evacuation mission in South Sudan few weeks ago.

Image credit: U.S. Marine Corps

 

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David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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