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    Coming In Hot; VMFA-242 conducts Live Ordnance Hot loading [Image 1 of 7]

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    Coming In Hot; VMFA-242 conducts Live Ordnance Hot loading

    IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JAPAN

    12.12.2022

    Photo by Sgt. Jose Angeles 

    1st Marine Aircraft Wing   

    U. S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242 load live ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II aircraft with VMFA-242 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 12, 2022. This is the first time VMFA-242 has conducted live ordnance hot loading, a process when live ordnance is loaded onto a running aircraft to increase operational support in the air and decrease time spent on the ground. VMFA-242 conducted routine flight operations to maintain proficiency and readiness as a forward-deployed and fully operational 5th generation stealth fighter squadron. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jose Angeles)

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    Date Taken: 12.12.2022
    Date Posted: 12.15.2022 20:06
    Photo ID: 7557646
    VIRIN: 221212-M-RM278-1007
    Resolution: 4923x3271
    Size: 1.31 MB
    Location: IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JP

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