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VMFA-122 supports ground units during Southern Frontier in Australia

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An F/A-18C Hornet with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122 prepares to taxi during Southern Frontier at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, Aug. 24, 2016. VMFA-122 conducted close air support missions in support of units on the ground at Bradshaw Range Complex during the unit level training. Southern Frontier is a three week training evolution geared toward helping the flying squadron gain qualifications and experience in low altitude, air ground, high explosive ordnance delivery. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicole Zurbrugg)
An F/A-18C Hornet with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122 prepares to taxi during Southern Frontier at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, Aug. 24, 2016. VMFA-122 conducted close air support missions in support of units on the ground at Bradshaw Range Complex during the unit level training. Southern Frontier is a three week training evolution geared toward helping the flying squadron gain qualifications and experience in low altitude, air ground, high explosive ordnance delivery. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicole Zurbrugg)

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AV-8Bs try out mobile Expeditionary Hover Position Indicator at MCAS Iwakuni

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USMC AV-8B pilots has to switched to a mobile version of the Expeditionary Hover Position Indicator at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan as the current recertification site is under reconstruction.

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 performs a vertical landing while using the lights on the mobile Expeditionary Hover Position Indicator to adjust its position at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 9, 2016. VMA-542 is home based out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., and is forward deployed to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, as part of the unit deployment program. The Harrier pilots used the mobile EHPI in coordination with Aircraft Recovery assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron to recertify on boat-deck landings to prepare for other future operations in the Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin)
A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 performs a vertical landing while using the lights on the mobile Expeditionary Hover Position Indicator to adjust its position at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 9, 2016. VMA-542 is home based out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., and is forward deployed to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, as part of the unit deployment program. The Harrier pilots used the mobile EHPI in coordination with Aircraft Recovery assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron to recertify on boat-deck landings to prepare for other future operations in the Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin)

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USMC starts 3-year effort to reset 147 CH-53Es

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Over the next three years, the U.S. Marine Corps will rotate 147 of its CH-53Es to MCAS Miramar; New River; and Kaneohe Bay for technicians to strip down the rotor-craft, rebuild them and swap out high time components.

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