A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, receives fuel from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, MAG-16, 3rd MAW during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation as part of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2, at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Dec. 2, 2023. The MCCRE consisted of a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise, high-altitude aerial refueling, aviation delivered ground refueling, and external lift exercises to ensure HMH-361's operational and combat readiness before deployment. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jackson Rush)
Date Taken: | 12.02.2023 |
Date Posted: | 12.06.2023 12:03 |
Photo ID: | 8152649 |
VIRIN: | 231202-M-HL316-1810 |
Resolution: | 7338x4894 |
Size: | 10.29 MB |
Location: | YUMA, ARIZONA, US |
Web Views: | 30 |
Downloads: | 3 |
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