MARINE CROSS-COUNTRY TACTICS THAT WILL SERVE THE CIVILIAN PILOT ยป By Matthew Bauman ILLUSTRATION BY DAN HERTZBERG "Halo One-One, this Cyclops Two-One, we are approaching check point Bakersfield." "Roger, Cyclops Two-One, continue to the initial point as we work the sensor scan of the landing zone." Two Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters continue en route to the initial point. The flight is two minutes away from inserting 24 Marines intent on recovering a downed pilot. "Cyclops Two-One, the zone is winter and the chick is nesting on the bull's-eye" indicates that no enemy activity is in the immediate vicinity. "Roger, Cyclops is initial point inbound." OCTOBER 2014 FLIGHT TRAINING / 37