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Day: August 3, 2016

Italy would consider any U.S. request to use its air base for air strikes in Libya

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If Washington is to approach Rome with any request to use of Sigonella air base in Sicily for strikes against Islamic State militants in Libya, Italy would consider it, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said.

US Navy 030325-N-9693M-001 Sicily's volcano, Mt. Etna, is the backdrop for a U.S. Air Force C-5 and the air terminal of Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella
By U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Damon J. Moritz. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Marines practice defending airfield at Mount Fuji, Japan

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U.S. Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan were back at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji late last month for this year’s iteration of Exercise Eagle Wrath. Over a period of four days, the Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 had to establish a mock airfield and defend it from enemy attacks.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Johnston Murn, a low altitude air defense gunner with 3rd LAAD Battalion unit deployment program, uses a Stinger missile tracking and handling trainer on a Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 during Exercise Eagle Wrath 2016 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, July 28, 2016. Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, received assistance throughout the exercise from Combat Logistics Company 36 from MCAS Iwakuni, the Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion and Marine Air Traffic Control Mobile Team from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and HSC-25 from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Henson)
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Johnston Murn, a low altitude air defense gunner with 3rd LAAD Battalion unit deployment program, uses a Stinger missile tracking and handling trainer on a Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 during Exercise Eagle Wrath 2016 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, July 28, 2016. Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, received assistance throughout the exercise from Combat Logistics Company 36 from MCAS Iwakuni, the Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion and Marine Air Traffic Control Mobile Team from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and HSC-25 from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Henson)

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