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U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, use a smoke grenade to screen their movement as they prepare to enter a building during military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) training at Fort Pickett, Va., April 11, 2015. The 26th MEU is conducting realistic urban training in preparation for deployment in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, provide cover fire as an assault team prepares to enter a building during military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) training at Fort Pickett, Va., April 11, 2015. The 26th MEU is conducting realistic urban training in preparation for deployment in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, provide cover fire as an assault team prepares to enter a building during military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) training at Fort Pickett, Va., April 11, 2015. The 26th MEU is conducting realistic urban training in preparation for deployment in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, carry a simulated casualty out of a building during military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) training at Fort Pickett, Va., April 11, 2015. The 26th MEU is conducting realistic urban training in preparation for deployment in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, provide cover fire as an assault team prepares to enter a building during military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) training at Fort Pickett, Va., April 11, 2015. The 26th MEU is conducting realistic urban training in preparation for deployment in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, practice house-to-house clearing techniques during military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) training at Fort Pickett, Va., April 11, 2015. The 26th MEU is conducting realistic urban training in preparation for deployment in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, practice house-to-house clearing techniques during military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) training at Fort Pickett, Va., April 11, 2015. The 26th MEU is conducting realistic urban training in preparation for deployment in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, carry a simulated casualty to an aerial landing zone during a realistic urban training exercise at Fort Pickett, Va., April 11, 2015. The 26th MEU is conducting realistic urban training in preparation for deployment in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, prepare to enter a building during military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) at Fort Pickett, Va., April 11, 2015. The 26th MEU is conducting realistic urban training in preparation for deployment in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, carry a simulated casualty out of a building during military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) training at Fort Pickett, Va., April 11, 2015. The 26th MEU is conducting realistic urban training in preparation for deployment in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, prepare to assault a building during military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) training at Fort Pickett, Va., April 11, 2015. The 26th MEU is conducting realistic urban training in preparation for deployment in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, treat a simulated causality during military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) training at Fort Pickett, Va., April 11, 2015. The 26th MEU is conducting realistic urban training in preparation for deployment in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, provides security on a building during military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) training at Fort Pickett, Va., April 11, 2015. The 26th MEU is conducting realistic urban training in preparation for deployment in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, practice house-to-house clearing techniques during military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) training at Fort Pickett, Va., April 11, 2015. The 26th MEU is conducting realistic urban training in preparation for deployment in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, provide cover fire as an assault team prepares to enter a building during military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) training at Fort Pickett, Va., April 11, 2015. The 26th MEU is conducting realistic urban training in preparation for deployment in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)

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In these photos taken Wednesday, April 8, 2015, a U.S. military fighter jet participates in a NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission practice mission in the Tapa training area, some 70 kilometers (43 miles) southwest of Tallinn, Estonia. Russia is so close that the F-16 fighter pilots can see it on the horizon as they swoop down over a training range in Estonia in the biggest ever show of U.S. air power in the Baltic countries. The four-week drill is part of a string of non-stop exercises by U.S. land, sea and air forces in Europe - from Estonia in the north to Bulgaria in the south - scaled up since last year to reassure nervous NATO allies after Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)


F-16 fighters of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) 510th Fighter Squadron are parked on tarmac at Amari Air Base Harjumaa, Estonia . The training, held amidst fears of Russian aggression in the Baltic state, started on March 10 and is set to last until April 17. They are the biggest exercises between U.S. and Estonian air forces and the first to have ground targets attacked from air in the country since it gained independence from the Soviet Union


U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter addresses U.S. military personnel during a meeting near an F-16 fighter jet at Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, South Korea Thursday, April 9, 2015.

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SOLANA BEACH, Calif. — A fluid leak forced the crew of a military helicopter on a routine training flight out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Wednesday to make a safe precautionary landing at Del Mar Shores Beach.

The CH-53E Super Stallion landed around 11:30 a.m. on a small piece of sand off the 700 block of South Sierra Avenue, just north of Del Mar, sheriff’s Lt. James Bolwerk said. The pilots and crew member aboard the aircraft were uninjured and walking around the beach following the landing in an area known as “Rock Piles.”

Preliminary investigation determined the crew of the copter decided to land due to the aircraft’s low pressure indicator alerting them, according to Bolwerk. The low pressure indicator is an alert system used when there is an issue with the engine.

“[The pilots] did exactly what they were supposed to do – find a good, safe place to put the aircraft down and check it out,” Rich Martindell, military aviation expert.

Marine mechanics were able to get the aircraft, assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, sufficiently patched up for it to be flown off the beach about 3:30 p.m. The pilots flew the aircraft to the west parking lot of the Del Mar Fairgrounds for further evaluation.

The CH-53, a heavy lift copter, is known to be flown out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and Camp Pendleton. It is the largest and heaviest helicopter used by the United States military. The two-pilot helicopter can hold up to 37 troops while in flight.

Lifeguards and firefighters assisted military crews with shoveling oil off the beach and into yellow buckets..

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The aircraft was flown to the Del Mar Fairgrounds where further inspections and repairs were made.

Today was the 40th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon and operation Frequent Wind..I saw no mention of this historical event on the local yokel news...I did find these photos in the U-T of San Diego. They brought tears to my eyes..

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing color guard presented the color at the start of the ceremony on board the USS Midway Museum. — Nelvin C. Cepeda / UT San Diego

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Major Gen. Vincent Coglianese, Commanding General, 1st Marine Logistics Group visited the wall on board the USS Midway Museum. — Nelvin C. Cepeda / UT San Diego / Twitter @NelCep

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Visiting a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on board the USS Midway Museum, Michael Munoz a Navy veteran who served in Vietnam 1969 is comforted from fellow veteran Tom Offill who served in the Marines in Vietnam in 1971. — Nelvin C. Cepeda

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Vietnam veteran Benjamin Rodriguez served in Vietnam and came to look up the names of 4 former high classmates who died in Vietnam. With him is fellow veteran Tom Offill who served in the Marines in Vietnam in 1971. — Nelvin C. Cepeda / UT San Diego / Twitter @NelCepeda

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Vietnam veteran Pete Mestre was a young Marine serving in Vietnam in 1968-1969 and came to visit the replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on board the USS Midway Museum flight deck. — Nelvin C. Cepeda / UT San Diego / Twitter @NelCepeda

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Visiting a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on board the USS Midway Museum, Michael Munoz a Navy veteran who served in Vietnam 1969 is comforted from fellow veteran Tom Offill who served in the Marines in Vietnam in 1971. — Nelvin C. Cepeda

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A visitor proudly wears the shirt "You Will Never Be Forgotten". — Nelvin C. Cepeda

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In these photos taken Wednesday, April 8, 2015, a U.S. military fighter jet participates in a NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission practice mission in the Tapa training area, some 70 kilometers (43 miles) southwest of Tallinn, Estonia.

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The F-16 has been one of the best, most capable, and upgradeable jet fighters in modern times.

Still going strong. Still the largest number of fighters in the US inventory.

With its new sensors, weapons, and software, and in the hands of very capable and constantly training US pilots...they are still a threat any nation, despite what aircraft they may field...has to take seriously.