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VMFA(AW)-225 reactivated as VMFA-225

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VMFA(AW)-225 has transitioned to the F-35B and redesignated as VMFA-225 during redesignation and assumption of command ceremony at MCAS Yuma on Jan. 29.

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Alexander Goodno, the incoming commanding officer, right, and Sgt. Maj. Collin Barry, the incoming sergeant major, with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 225, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, unfurl the organizational colors during the re-designation and assumption of command ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Jan. 29, 2021. The ceremony official re-designated Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW) 225 to VMFA-225, signifying the squadron’s transition from the AV-8B Harrier to the F-35B Lightning II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Anaya)

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157th Air Refueling Wing takes delivery of final KC-46A

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The 157th Air Refueling Wing at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire, took delivery of its 12th and final KC-46A aerial refueling tanker on Feb. 5.

A rainbow over Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington, as seen from the flight deck of a KC-46A Pegasus, just prior to its delivery flight to Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire, Feb. 5, 2021.
The jet, which was the twelfth and final of Pease’s new fleet of aerial refuelers, was piloted by a crew from the base. (Courtesy photo/Col. Nelson Perron)

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