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Interview with U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Joshua Corbett, one of the Marine Corps' final two AV-8B Harrier II student pilots
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
March 27, 2024 | 14:05
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Joshua Corbett, a native of New Jersey and a student naval aviator with the AV-8B Fleet Replacement Detachment (FRD) talks about his experience of becoming a AV-8B Harrier II jet pilot at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 27, 2024. Corbett is one of the two final Marines to receive the 7509 military occupational specialty, AV-8B Harrier II pilot, as the Marine Corps transitions from the AV-8B Harrier II legacy tactical aircraft to the F-35B Lightning II. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Theodore Bergan)
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Interview with U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Joshua Corbett, one of the Marine Corps' final two AV-8B Harrier II student pilots
Interview with U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Joshua Corbett, one of the Marine Corps' final two AV-8B Harrier II student pilots
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GoPro timelapse of U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Joshua Corbett's flight as an AV-8B Harrier II student pilot
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Interview with U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Sven Jorgensen, one of the Marine Corps' final two AV-8B Harrier II student pilots
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U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 depart Norway after Exercise Nordic Response 24 (B-Roll)
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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT

May 20, 1942

On May 20, 1942, the facility was commissioned Cunningham Field, named in honor of the Marine Corps' first aviator, Lieutenant Colonel Alfred A. Cunningham. The completed facility was later renamed Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, after a local post office situated among cherry trees.

 

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