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Echo & Oscar The Company Graduates Friday, April 14, 2017 Jet Vol. 52, No. 14 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C. See Page 07 “The noiseStream you hear is the sound of freedom.” beaufort.marines.mil | facebook.com/MCASBeaufort | youtube.com/MCASBeaufort | mcasbetwitter.com/MCASBeaufortSC | Instagram/mcasbeaufort A WWII veteran’s VMGR-152, journey VMFA-121 fuel through hell and capabilities 5 back to tell about it 6 Air station assumes operational responsibility of TBR Courtesy photo Marines load ordnance onto an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft during a inert munitions exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, July 21-25, 2014. The air station pilots train with ordnance at Townsend Bombing Range, Ga. TBR gives the air station the critical capability to train to deploy without deploying to train. Earlier this year Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort began to the process of assuming operational responsibility of TBR. Though MCAS Beaufort owns the land it was previously operated by the Guard. The air station will formally assume operations later this year. The Marines are with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312 and Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533, Marine Aircraft Group 31. Story by: Lance Cpl. Ashley Phillips changed several times since its establishment Staff Writer during World War II. In 1959, it was controlled Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort is in the by Hunter Air Force Base, then in 1966, Naval process of assuming operational responsibility Air Station Glynco owned the bombing range. of Townsend Bombing Range (TBR) located in The Marine Corps began leasing and using the Georgia. This process began on April 1, and is range in 1981. It wasn’t until ten years later in scheduled to be completed by Oct. 1. 1991 that MCAS Beaufort began to purchase The air station already owns the land at TBR, the land. but the Georgia Air National Guard is responsi- “We currently own 5,183 acres that make up ble for organizing and running operations. Over TBR,” said Ward. “In 2014 the Environmental the next several months, MCAS Beaufort will Impact Statement (EIS) was approved for the work with the Guard to ensure a smooth transi- expansion and modernization of TBR. We are tion between the commands. scheduled to expand the range to over 35,000 “There is a lot of work that goes into not only acres by 2019.” Photo by Spc. Tracy McKithern, 982nd Combat Camera Company Airborne A controller conducted a downed pilot training exercise at Townsend operating TBR, but also into making sure this According to Ward, the Deputy Secretary of Bombing Range, Ga., Feb. 11, 2015. Earlier this year Marine Corps Air transition is seamless,” said Troy Ward, the TBR the Navy approved the EIS and in 2014 and in Station Beaufort began to the process of assuming operational responsibili- Program Manager. “It takes a lot of communica- 2016, Congress appropriated over $110 million ty of TBR. Though MCAS Beaufort owns the land it was previously operated tion, personnel, and foresight to operate a remote to expand and modernize the range. Expand- by the Guard. The air station will formally assume operations later this year. installation that is 70 miles away from MCAS ing TBR is necessary to provide the adequate Many of the personnel who currently work for the Guard will be rehired by Beaufort; most importantly, everything is run- the air station. ning according to plan and we are on schedule.” Ownership and responsibility of TBR has SEE TBR, PAGE 4 VMFAT-501 Marines hone skills during Instructor Pilot Proficieny Training Story and photos by: Lance Cpl. Benjamin McDonald syllabus as a core competency. Staff Writer “The syllabus is always chang- Marine Fighter Attack Train- ing,” said Maj. Jesse Peppers, an ing Squadron 501 conducted In- F-35B pilot instructor with VM- structor Pilot Proficiency Train- FAT-501. “The next thing we ing aboard Marine Corps Air want to add is the use of JDAM. Station Beaufort, April 11. The So today, some of the instructors instructor pilots are responsible are going to practice with inert for ensuring the F-35B Lightning JDAM so they can be experienced II pilots are syllabus complete. with the use of the new munition. The IPP training covered the As instructors, we need to be pro- use of Joint Direct Attack Muni- ficient with all of the core compe- tions. JDAM are additions to ord- tencies of the syllabus in order to nance that use GPS to guide the teach transition and new pilots. Maj. Jesse Peppers initiates pre-flight checks on an F-35B Lightning II aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, April 11. Peppers and the other F-35B pilot instructors are training with Joint projectile. The use of JDAM will Direct Attack Munitions. After the instructors are proficient with JDAM they will add the ord- be added to the F-35B training SEE 501, PAGE 4 nance to the syllabus for the F-35B training pilot program. 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