HMLAT-303 Marines Train Students on UH-1Y Hueys

The following is a release from Sgt. Lillian Stephens, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing:

Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron 303 conducted a formation flight, confined area landings and an aerial gunnery shoot at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec 17.

Marines with HMLAT-303 flew two UH-1Y Hueys to training areas at Camp Pendleton, requiring the students to communicate effectively and relay information about aircraft proximity and weapon commands.

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According to Capt. Peter Marbach — a Huey pilot instructor, an airframes officer -in -charge with HMLAT-303 and a Stafford, Va., native — the squadron trains pilots and crew chiefs with the basic skills needed to graduate and join the Fleet Marine Force.

“We’re strictly a training squadron,” said Marbach. “This is their intro on how to do these maneuvers in this specific aircraft before they move down the line into the other squadrons, where they will be operating more tactically.”

These flights enabled the students to gain experience in their military occupational specialties with an instructor’s supervision.

“We trained on different types of turns and maneuvers that we would have to use in a combat situation,” said Lance Cpl. Daniel Rios, a crew chief …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life