Joint Service Open House 2012

The Air National Guard Jet Truck performs , May 19, 2012 at Joint Base Andrews, Md. This year's Joint Service Open House celebrates the Centennial of Marine Corps Aviation. JSOH affords the public the opportunity to meet the men and women of the Armed Forces while viewing more than 100 static displays and 19 aerial demonstration teams.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Perry Aston)

USMC Commandant opens JSOH 2012

Col. Ken Rizer, USAF, 11th Wing/Joint Base Andrews commander; Gen. James F. Amos, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps; and CAPT Randy Johnson, USN, Navy Air Facility Washington commander, watch a Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier fly by during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Joint Service Open House, May 19 at Joint Base Andrews, Md. This year's Joint Service Open House celebrates the Centennial of Marine Corps Aviation. JSOH affords the public the opportunity to meet the men and women of the Armed Forces while viewing more than 100 static displays and 19 aerial demonstration teams.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Perry Aston)

JSOH 2012

The F-22 aerial demonstration team meets Elijah Kelley, actor known for his role in the movie Red Tails, while visiting the Tuskegee Airman static display on the Joint Base Andrews flightline, May 19. This year’s Joint Service Open House celebrates the Centennial of Marine Corps Aviation. JSOH affords the public an opportunity to meet the men and women of the Armed Forces while seeing over 100 static displays and 19 aerial demonstration teams. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Aaron Stout)

JSOH 2012

The F-22 Raptor is the Air Force’s premier fighter jet and will give a demonstration at the 2012 Joint Service Open House on Joint Base Andrews, May 19. This year’s JSOH celebrates the Centennial of Marine Corps Aviation. JSOH affords the public an opportunity to meet the men and women of the Armed Forces while seeing over 100 static displays and 19 aerial demonstration teams. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Aaron Stout)

100 years of Marine Corp aviation

A U.S. Marine Corp KC 130-J is displayed during the Joint Service Open House at Base Andrews, Md., May 19. In 1915 the Commandant of the Marine Corps authorized the creation of a Marine Corps aviation company consisting of 10 officers and 40 enlisted men. (U.S. Air Force photo /Tech. Sgt. Raymond Mills)

100 years of Marine Corp aviation

A U.S. Marine Corp L-1 MH-366 is shown as a static display May 19, during the Joint Service Open House at Base Andrews, Md. This year’s Air Show theme is 100 years of Marine Corp aviation. Marine aviation officially began on 22 May 1912, when 1st Lt. Alfred Austell Cunningham reported to Naval Aviation Camp in Annapolis, Md., for aviation duty. The modern Marine Corp encompasses an array of air craft vital to completing the U. S. Marine Corp mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Raymond Mills)