U.S Marine Corps Capt. Michael Volta (front seat), and Capt. Matthew Tate, both AH-1Z Viper pilots with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), conduct pre-flight checks in an AH-1Z Viper loaded with an AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) before take-off on Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 13, 2022. The JAGM is a precision-guided munition for use against high value stationary, moving, and relocatable land and maritime targets. Exercise Steel Knight 23 provides 3rd MAW an opportunity to refine Wing-level warfighting in support of I Marine Expeditionary Force and fleet maneuver. Volta is a Rochester, New York, native and Tate is an Orange County, California, native. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Grant Schirmer)
Date Taken: | 12.13.2022 |
Date Posted: | 12.19.2022 13:03 |
Photo ID: | 7561180 |
VIRIN: | 221213-M-AV302-1003 |
Resolution: | 6720x4480 |
Size: | 3.16 MB |
Location: | CALIFORNIA, US |
Web Views: | 110 |
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