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260116-M-RY694-1083

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, set up a forward arming and refueling point during an Aviation Training Relocation program at Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, January 16, 2026. MWSS-171 enables expeditionary aviation operations by establishing forward arming and refueling points in austere environments across the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Getz)

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260117-M-RY694-1008

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Robert Byers, an expeditionary fuels technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, attaches a fuel hose to a fuel truck during an Aviation Training Relocation program at Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, January 16, 2026. MWSS-171 enables expeditionary aviation operations by establishing forward arming and refueling points in austere environments across the Indo-Pacific. Byers is a native of Ohio. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Getz)

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260117-M-RY694-1064

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Antonio Sanchez, an expeditionary fuels technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct a pressure test on fuel hoses during an Aviation Training Relocation program at Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, January 17, 2026. MWSS-171 enables expeditionary aviation operations by establishing forward arming and refueling points in austere environments across the Indo-Pacific. Sanchez is a native of Washington. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Getz)

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Marines conduct aircraft refueling at Camp Fuji in support of Exercise Fuji Viper 24

(Sept. 25, 2024) U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing refuel an AH-1Z Viper during exercise Fuji Viper 24 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, Sept. 25, 2024. Fuji Viper 24 is an annual bilateral exercise in Japan that strengthens the command, control, and multi-domain maneuver capabilities of U.S. Marines in III Marine Expeditionary Force and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Peter Rawlins)

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SY 24 | 15th MEU Refuels at FARP

(August 26, 2024) U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brett Tervort, an expeditionary fuels technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Utah, surveys fueling operations during exercise Ssang Yong 24 at Yecheon Air Base, South Korea, Aug. 26, 2024. Exercise SY24 strengthens the ROK-U.S. Alliance through bilateral, joint training, contributing toward combined amphibious capability in defense of the Korean Peninsula. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Amelia Kang)

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Future Now: Modernization Through Technology

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), pumps fuel to a Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP), on Ie Shima, Jan. 31, 2022. A FARP is used to extend the capabilities of rotary or fixed wing aircrafts to allow rearming and refueling without having to fall back to a forward operating base. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of America Expeditionary Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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MAG-36 Demonstrates EABO During Kamandag 5 North

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 3d Marines, provide security during forward arming and refueling point (FARP) operations on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 7th, 2021. Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, established a FARP on an airfield secured by 2d Battalion, 3d Marines to support sustained aviation operations.

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Valiant Workhorse | Combat Logistics Regiment 3 rehearses distributed command and control

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Caleb Bargo, a bulk fuel specialist with Energy Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3d Marine Logistics Group, stands by while fueling a UH-1Y Venom medium utility helicopter with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, during a forward refueling point operation at Landing Zone Dodo, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 22, 2021. Energy Co. Marines conducted a low transmission signature FRP in order to maintain proficiency in a forward-deployed distributed environment. 3d MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

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Exercise WestPac Rumrunner – the second iteration

Forward area refueling point Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Group prepare an MC-130J Commando II for FARP operations during Exercise Westpac Rumrunner, July 31, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The FARP mission supports contingency and exercise operations to refuel aircraft and equipment in austere locations where typical air-to-air refueling or established refueling stations are not available.

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Misawa, Kadena Airmen further Agile Combat Employment Capabilities with FARP Training

U.S. Airmen from the 18th Logistic Readiness Squadron and 1st Special Operations Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, refuel an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a forward area refueling point training at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 25, 2020. When a fighter squadron has FARP support, options are vastly increased, as any accessible airfield or island can be used to replenish fighters and send them back to the fight.

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31st MEU Hones Naval Integration Operations during Mission Rehearsals from Guam to Okinawa

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), attach fuel lines to assault amphibious vehicles during a forward arming and refueling point (FARP) exercise. The exercise served as a proof of concept for using AAVs to transport refueling equipment from San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20) in order to independently support a FARP when conducting split operations. The America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Space Strategy

Two F-22 Raptor aircraft sit on the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, flightline while being fueled by an MC-130J Commando II aircraft during Emerald Warrior, Jan. 29, 2020. This training marked the first time FARP capabilities were tested in an arctic environment.

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U.S. Marines and Army conduct fuel experiment during RIMPAC

U.S. Marine Cpl. Michael Michehl, a line noncommissioned officer with Marine Wing Support Detachment 24, controls forward arming and refueling point operations after refueling a Bell AH-1W Super Cobra during a field test for the Expeditionary Mobile Fuel Additization Capability system as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, July 18, 2018. RIMPAC provides high-value training for task-organized, highly capable Marine Air-Ground Task Force and enhances the critical crisis response capability of U.S. Marines in the Pacific. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California.

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Bringing lightning to the fight: F-35B conducts FARP at Kadena

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron, and Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 refueling teams refuel a Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 F-35B Lightning II during a joint forward area refueling point joint training exercise June 27, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Marines from the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 and Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 conducted a FARP operation alongside Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Group and 18th Wing, enhancing joint operations.

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Eagle Wrat 2017

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, conduct a security patrol during exercise Eagle Wrath 2017 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, June 17, 2017. Eagle Wrath 2017 is a two-week training evolution focusing on air base ground defense, establishing forward operating bases and forward arming and refueling points in an austere environment as a way to support Marine Aircraft Group 12.

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