A Marine with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) conducts pre-flight checks on a Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey prior to departure from the strategic expeditionary landing field at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 7, 2021. VMX-1 is supporting Operation OBSIDIAN ICEBERG by allocating MV-22 aircraft to support tactics, techniques, and procedures development for lean replenishment of F-35B in an expeditionary advanced base operation concept. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pedro Arroyo Jr.)

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