2nd Marine Aircraft Wing

The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on Sept. 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law.

📍Caribbean Sea A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopter with VMM-263 (Reinforced), 22nd MEU (SOC), conducts flight operations from USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), while underway, March 23, 2026. @USMC📸 @Southcom @DeptofWar

MV-22B Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261, sweep across Florida and the Bahamas during the MAG-29 Distributed Aviation Operations Exercise. 📸 Photo by Lance Cpl. Orlanys Diaz Figueroa @USMC @DeptofWar @2nd_MAW @Southcom

READY. From the flight line to the High North, U.S. Marines ensure forces and equipment move quickly where they're needed. Speed, coordination, and precision keep the mission moving alongside NATO Allies. #ColdResponse; #StrongerTogether; #NATO; #OTAN; #ArcticSentry

Strength in Formation. ✈️⚓ Aircraft and ships from NATO nations operated together over the Norwegian Sea during exercise Cold Response 26, demonstrating the Alliance’s ability to coordinate power across air and maritime domain.

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“Primarily, the mission is to develop an aircrew” said Maj. Connor “Axe” Robertson, from Michigan and a CH-53K King Stallion pilot instructor with HMHT-302. “The ideal goal is to send a proficient crew member that is able and ready to be a co-pilot [or crew chief] in the fleet.”

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The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on Sept. 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law.

Marines with @2nd_MAW and 2nd Distribution Support Battalion use a CH-53K King Stallion to perform flight operations and air-delivered ground refueling near Naval Air Station Key West, Florida. 📸 @USMC Cpl. Mya Seymour @DeptofDefense

#Marines with @2nd_MAW and 2nd Distribution Support Battalion (DSB), @2ndMLG perform external lifts at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida. Marines with 2nd MAW and 2nd DSB are training alongside elements of the @USArmy, @USNavy, and @CBP to refine humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities while also refining the CH-53K King Stallion's ability to support distributed aviation operations in a joint environment. #USMC #SemperFi #Aviation

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion attached to Marine Heavy Squadron 461 lands aboard the USS Iwo Jima to refine Navy and Marine Corps tactics, techniques, and procedures during Composite Training Unit Exercise. 📸 @USMC Cpl. Sharon Errisuriz @22nd_MEU @DeptofDefense

Refuel Rendezvous Bulk fuel specialists with MWSS-273, @2nd_MAW, refuel CH-53E Super Stallions at a Forward Arming Refueling Point during Atlantic Alliance 2025 at Bangor International Airport, Maine. 📸 @USMC Lance Cpl. Orlanys Diaz Figueroa @DeptofDefense

Sounds of the Sea U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162, drop sonobuoys out of an MV-22B Osprey during the anti-submarine warfare exercise near Surface Combat Systems Center Wallops Island, Virginia. 📸 @USMC Lance Cpl. Orlanys Diaz Figueroa @2nd_MAW

Birds of Prey U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 execute reduced visibility training and fire M2 .50cal machine guns out of a MV-22 Osprey during a live-fire flight over New Mexico. 📸 @USMC Cpl. Osmar VasquezHernandez @2nd_MAW @DeptofDefense

Harrier Mode @USMC AV-8B Harrier with #22ndMEUSOC, conducts flight operations aboard USS Iwo Jima during COMPTUEX. COMPTUEX refines tactics, techniques, and procedures that enhance operational readiness and lethality as a unified IWOARG/22MEU(SOC) team. 📸Cpl. Sharon Errisuriz

#Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252, @2nd_MAW, take part in surge operations near Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. VMGR-252 performed the operations to exercise their ability to launch and recover multiple divisions of aircraft concurrently. #USMC #SemperFi #military

2nd MAW Marines conducted the 2nd MAW relief and appointment ceremony today aboard MCAS Cherry Point. The ceremony represented a transfer of responsibility, authority, and accountability from SgtMaj Rodney Nevinger to SgtMaj Robert Schieler. @USMC 📷 by LCpl. Mya Seymour

Today, we celebrate the 127th birthday of the U.S. Navy Corpsman! Corpsmen are the backbone of our staff here and critical to our mission of Keeping the Warfighter in the Fight.

Shoot, move, communicate 📡 U.S. Marines from 2nd MAW and @2dMarDiv participate in Exercise Formidable Shield 25 in Norway and Scotland from April to May 2025. (@marines 📹by Cpl. Anakin Smith)

.@USMCSgtMaj, the Silent Drill Platoon, and @2nd_MAW band kick off the first day of #MarineWeekNashville at the @NashvilleSuperS in Nashville, Tennessee, June 1, 2025. Throughout 2025, #Marines across the globe will celebrate the 250th birthday of the Corps, commemorating, service, sacrifice, and honoring the legacy of “Semper Fidelis” to each other and the Nation we defend. #USMC250 @NASCAR