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    Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542 assumption of command ceremony

    MCAS CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    08.11.2023

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Anakin Smith 

    2nd Marine Aircraft Wing   

    U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Ian Gragg, left, the command senior enlisted leader of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542, and Lt. Col. Brian Hansell, right, the officer in charge of VMFA-542, salute the American flag during an assumption of command ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, Aug. 11, 2023. Hansell took command of VMFA-542 which was redesignated last December as the Marine Corps’ first East Coast operational F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter squadron. VMFA-542 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Anakin Smith)

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    Date Taken: 08.11.2023
    Date Posted: 08.16.2023 09:36
    Photo ID: 7971725
    VIRIN: 230811-M-HU274-1060
    Resolution: 5803x3871
    Size: 9.3 MB
    Location: MCAS CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, US
    Hometown: MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, US
    Hometown: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, US

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