U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and Royal Australian Air Force aviators with RAAF No. 75 Squadron lower a GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb onto a loading cart before it is loaded on a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft at RAAF Base Tindal, Northern Territory, Australia, June 26, 2024. U.S. Marines with VMFA-214 and RAAF aviators with No. 75 Squadron loaded RAAF ordnance onto USMC F-35Bs during bilateral training, exhibiting interchangeability between RAAF and U.S. Marine aviation. VMFA-214 deployed more than 200 Marines and eight F-35B Lightning II aircraft from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, to RAAF Base Tindal, Australia, to conduct bilateral training with the RAAF No. 3 Squadron and No. 75 Squadron. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson)
Date Taken: | 06.26.2024 |
Date Posted: | 07.08.2024 12:44 |
Photo ID: | 8501785 |
VIRIN: | 240626-M-OO167-1019 |
Resolution: | 2560x3840 |
Size: | 1.59 MB |
Location: | RAAF BASE TINDAL, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AU |
Web Views: | 53 |
Downloads: | 6 |
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