Flying Tigers take on harsh Bridgeport terrain

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif.-A crewman with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 conducts a pre-flight inspection on a CH-53E Super Stallion May 20, 2011, on the flight line at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif., Lance Cpl. Sarah Dietz, 5/20/2011 3:20 AM

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif.-A CH53-E Super Stallion with HMH-361 lands at the Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif., flight line May 20, 2011, during high altitude training., Lance Cpl. Sarah Dietz, 5/20/2011 6:42 AM

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif.-A crew chief from HMH-361, looks out the window of a CH-53E Super Stallion during a flight over the MWTC, Bridgeport, Calif. Many of the pilots have never flown in the center’s high altitude and snowy conditions., Lance Cpl. Sarah Dietz, 5/20/2011 7:25 AM

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif.-A CH-53E Super Stallion crew from HMH-361 tests their aircraft at the MWTC Bridgeport, Calif., May 20, 2011., Lance Cpl. Sarah Dietz, 5/20/2011 7:36 AM

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif.-A CH-53E Super Stallion crew from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 test their aircraft on snowy terrain at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif., May 20, 2011. For many of the Marines, this was the first time they landed in snow., Lance Cpl. Sarah Dietz, 5/20/2011 8:23 AM