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Landing Support Specialists with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, conduct helicopter support team drills with an MV-22B Osprey at Morón Air Base, Spain, Oct. 4, 2017. SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployed to conduct limited crises-response and theatre-security operation in Europe and North Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Takoune H. Norasingh)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed August 19, 1939, National Aviation Day to celebrate the development of aeronautics. However, Marine Corps aviation began on May 22, 1912, when 1st Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham reported to the aviation camp at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Starting with its first aircraft, the Curtiss C-3, Marine aviation has stayed at the forefront of cutting-edge technology with its newest aircraft, the F-35B Lightning II. Currently, the four Marine aircraft wings are operating across the world and stand ready to overcome any obstacles in the future. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jessica Etheridge)

U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted training on the Hatch-Mounted Satellite Antenna System at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Aug. 3, 2017. 22nd MEU installed the HMSAS to become familiarized with an innovative command and control capability and in preparation for a future deployment. Tom Staley, an engineer with Networking On-The-Move, and Christine Liou, an engineer with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, explain the importance of HMSAS. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Takoune H. Norasingh)

U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted training on the Hatch-Mounted Satellite Antenna System at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Aug. 3, 2017. 22nd MEU installed the HMSAS to become familiarized with an innovative command and control capability and in preparation for a future deployment. Tom Staley, an engineer with Networking On-The-Move, and Christine Liou, an engineer with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, explain the importance of HMSAS. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Takoune H. Norasingh)