Retired Sgt. Maj. Mike Zacker, Secretary of the Board of Directors and docent at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum and Historical Foundation, poses for a photo in front of an HRS-1 at the museum aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Calif., Sept. 10. Zacker spent 18 of his 30 year career working on the HRS-1 and similar helicopters. - Retired Sgt. Maj. Mike Zacker, Secretary of the Board of Directors and docent at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum and Historical Foundation, poses for a photo in front of an HRS-1 at the museum aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Calif., Sept. 10. Zacker spent 18 of his 30 year career working on the HRS-1 and similar helicopters.
A 1944 International Harvester FFN-3 fire and crash crew engine waits for restoration at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum warehouse aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 12. This particular fire engine was first used to fight fire aboard Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, Calif., in 1944, making it a piece of MCAS Miramar’s illustrious history. - A 1944 International Harvester FFN-3 fire and crash crew engine waits for restoration at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum warehouse aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 12. This particular fire engine was first used to fight fire aboard Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, Calif., in 1944, making it a piece of MCAS Miramar’s illustrious history.
Pilots in the cockpit of an EA-6B Prowler fold the aircraft’s wings after flying from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 4. The Prowler is the newest aircraft slated to be displayed at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum as the Navy and Marine Corps transition to the EA-18G Growler. - Pilots in the cockpit of an EA-6B Prowler fold the aircraft’s wings after flying from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 4. The Prowler is the newest aircraft slated to be displayed at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum as the Navy and Marine Corps transition to the EA-18G Growler.