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    31st MEU unleashes F-35 fighter aircraft armed with GBU-49 bombs in Philippine Sea [Image 7 of 11]

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    31st MEU unleashes F-35 fighter aircraft armed with GBU-49 bombs in Philippine Sea

    PHILIPPINE SEA

    03.25.2020

    Photo by Sgt. Audrey Rampton 

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    PHILIPPINE SEA (March 25, 2020) An F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to take off from the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) prior to a strike exercise of an inflatable maritime target. The Guided Bomb Unit (GBU) 49 is designed to destroy surface and subsurface moving threats aided by both a laser guidance and global positioning system. America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Audrey M. C. Rampton)

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    Date Taken: 03.25.2020
    Date Posted: 03.31.2020 08:38
    Photo ID: 6156066
    VIRIN: 200325-M-IP473-3067
    Resolution: 2969x1979
    Size: 215.39 KB
    Location: PHILIPPINE SEA

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