t’s a busy sunny morning at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey. While the first Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker of the
Air National Guard’s 108th Wing takes to the sky, a Boeing C-17 Globemaster and a Boeing KC-46 Pegasus from the U.S. Air Force’s 305th Air Mobility Wing wait in line for their ATC clearance. On the platforms of the U.S.
Marine Corps, a section of Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallions from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 (HMH-772) is being prepared for the day’s flying. Martin Scharenborg and Ramon Wenink from the Global Aviation Review Press were invited to fly with the HMH- 772 “Hustlers” and report about this reserve unit’s important USMC task.