MCAS Cherry Point 1981 including AV-8's

Post by **xkekeith** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 10:29 am

A visit to photograph the AV-8 training unit resulted in an invitation to come back the following day and photograph some of the front line units, would have been rude to say no.... A small selection of the photos taken:

First the AV-8's
VMAT-203 High Vis markings

159366 'KD17' AV-8A VMAT-203 US Marines by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

159375 'KD01' TAV-8A VMAT-203 US Marines by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

VMA-542 low vis
Scarred 159257 with visible damage repairs

159257 'WH01' AV-8A VMA-542 US Marines by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

158701 'WH12' AV-8A VMA-542 US Marines by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

VMA-231 low vis

158700 (CG01), 158710 (CG05), 158658 (CG10), 159258 (CG12) AV-8A x4 VMA-231 US Marines by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

VMA-331 with a mix of high and low vis A-4's

160255 'VL19' & 159490 'VL10' A-4M VMA-331 US Marines by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

158171 'VL11' A-4M VMA-331 US Marines by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

159475 'VL21' A-4M VMA-331 US Marines low vis by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

159483 'VL20' A-4M VMA-331 US Marines by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

VMAT-202 the Intruder training unit.

155728 'KC' TC-4A VMAT-202 US Marines by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

155642 'KC03' A-6E VMAT-202 US Marines by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

155626 'KC04' A-6E VMAT-202 US Marines by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Record shot of a rare OA-4M with no unit marks