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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      A photo of Airmen and Marines refueling an aircraft.Multi-capable Airmen train with U.S. Marine Corps
                        
                        
                        Loadmasters assigned to the 79th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II refuel an A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 357th Fighter Squadron at Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 15, 2021. Multi-capable Airmen from the 355th Wing flew out with the 79th RQS to participate in a one-day joint training with the U.S. Marine Corps to practice forward area refueling point operations and airfield security. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Vaughn Weber)
                
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        A photo of Airmen refueling an aircraft.Multi-capable Airmen train with U.S. Marine Corps
                        
                        
                        79th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II loadmasters refuel an A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 357th Fighter Squadron at Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 15, 2021. Multi-capable Airmen from the 355th Wing flew out with the 79th RQS to participate in a one-day joint training with the U.S. Marine Corps to practice forward area refueling point operations and airfield security. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Vaughn Weber)
                
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                        An A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 357th Fighter Squadron takes off from an AM-2 airfield mat at Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 15, 2021. Multi-capable Airmen from the 355th Wing got a unique opportunity to work alongside the U.S. Marine Corps to secure the landing zone for the A-10s and install the AM-2 airfield mat for the A-10s to land and take off from in an austere location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Vaughn Weber)
                
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Multi-capable Airmen train with US Marine CorpsPublished Jan. 26, 2022
                    
                    By Airman 1st Class Vaughn Weber
                    
                    
                    355th Wing Public Affairs
            **DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. (AFNS) --**Multi-capable Airmen training has expanded to Twentynine Palms, California, with a new opportunity to train alongside the**U.S. Marine Corps** in an operationally limited environment.

The joint training with the Marine Wing Support Squadron 374 was developed by the 357th Fighter Squadron and 79th Rescue Squadron to provide hands-on training at the largest U.S. Marine Corps base.

“Once a quarter, we are providing an opportunity for as many as 15 multi-capable Airmen to go on this mission and practice forward area refueling point operations and airfield security,” said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joel Bier, 357th FS commander. “We keep evolving this joint force training to have MCA accomplish mission objectives in an expeditionary environment.”

So far, this training has been conducted in October and December 2021, with trained MCA flying out on 79th RQS**HC-130J Combat King II** aircraft. At Twentynine Palms, MCA get the unique opportunity to work alongside Marines to secure the landing zone for 357th FS **A-10C Thunderbolt II**s and install the AM-2 airfield mat for the A-10s to land on.

“We were able to learn similarities between (the branches) operational concepts,” said U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 2 Matthew Wilson, Marine Wing Support Squadron 374 airfield services officer. “Which will inform our current and future planners about the capabilities, skills and technical abilities of similar military occupation specialty types outside of the Marine Corps.”

Working alongside the U.S. Marine Corps’ airfield services officers and bulk fuel specialists, the 355th Wing’s MCA refine their skill set of conducting FARP operations and ensuring A-10s take off and land safely in austere locations.

“Overall I would say that we enjoy working with the U.S. Air Force during all types of training operations,” Wilson said. “I know for a fact that the Marines always enjoy seeing an A-10 in the pattern.”LOE 



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