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VMGR-234 and 3/11 carried out air refueling training

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The U.S. Marine Corps VMGR-234 carried out a joint air refueling training with Mirage 2000 aircraft from the French Air Force’s 3/11 squadron over the Horn of Africa on May 24.

French Air Force Col. Olivier Saunier, the commander of the French Air Base in Djibouti, observes a French Mirage 2000-5 refuel from a U.S. Marine KC-130J Super Hercules, in Djibouti, May 24, 2021. U.S. and French forces conducted a joint interoperability training to enhance their capabilities and demonstrate their shared commitment to stability in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Missy Sterling)

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Air-to-air photos of Heritage Hawg

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A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the Idaho Air National Guard was given a heritage paint scheme to celebrate the unit’s 75th anniversary and to pay homage to its lineage from the 405th Fighter Squadron during the Second World War.

A pilot with the 190th Fighter Squadron, 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, flies an A-10 Thunderbolt II with a newly painted World War II heritage paint scheme from the Air National Guard’s paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa to its new home at the Idaho Air National Guard, Gowen Field, Idaho, May 12, 2021. The heritage A-10 aircraft was painted to commemorate the 190FS’s 75th Anniversary and made to mimic the 1944 version of the P-47 Thunderbolt flown in WWII by the 405th Fighter Squadron, which was later re-designated as the 190FS. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt Mercedee Wilds)

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