U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kayele Rager, a fixed-wing aircraft mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, inspects an F/A-18C Hornet at during exercise Keen Sword 25 at Japan Air Self-Defense Force Komatsu Air Base, Oct. 29, 2024. VMFA-312 is temporarily augmenting MAG-12, 1st MAW under the Unit Deployment Program, which aims to provide squadrons stationed in the continental United States with experience training in the Indo-Pacific. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the ironclad U.S.-Japan alliance. Rager is a native of Illinois. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chloe Johnson)
Date Taken: | 10.29.2024 |
Date Posted: | 11.04.2024 01:32 |
Photo ID: | 8731956 |
VIRIN: | 241029-M-JN598-3239 |
Resolution: | 4794x3196 |
Size: | 8.31 MB |
Location: | JASDF KOMATSU AIR BASE, ISHIKAWA, JP |
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