PHILIPPINE SEA (March 25, 2020) An F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), armed with a GAU-22 25mm Gatling Gun takes flight during a strike exercise off the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). The GPU-9A gun pod houses the GAU-22 25 mm four barrel cannon for air-to-air or air-to-surface threats. America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners
PHILIPPINE SEA (March 25, 2020) An F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), armed with a GAU-22 25mm Gatling Gun takes flight during a strike exercise off the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). The GPU-9A gun pod houses the GAU-22 25 mm four barrel cannon for air-to-air or air-to-surface threats. America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Brittenham)
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