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U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe/Africa
Stuttgart, Germany

Aug 28, 2013

Maj. Eric Grunke, an AV-8B Harrier instructor pilot, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, Yuma, Ariz., and Weiser, Idaho, native, straps on his aviator helmet and checks his communications before support a rehearsal of Close Air Support and Forward Air Controller (Airborne) operations with Swedish aviators from the Swedish Air Force Operation, Tactics and Procedures division and SwAF UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters from the 21st Black Hawk Helicopter Wing. Marine aviation instructors from MAWTS-1 introduced Forward Air Controller (Airborne) and Close Air Support concepts, tactics, and procedures for evaluation into the Swedish Air Force’s aviation training with SwAF pilots from the 21st UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter Wing and the JAS-39 Gripen Operations, Tactics and Evaluations division, August 5-23 at Malmen Military Base, Linköping, Sweden.

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