A pilot says goodbye to his family before departing for a deployment aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, May 8. The Marines of Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 deployed overseas in support of combat operations. The F/A-18D Hornet squadron will be providing air-to-ground support and close air support to combatant commands while deployed. The pilot is with VMFA(AW)-224, Marine Aircraft Group 31.

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Keywords: aviation, beaufort, corps, ii, mag-31, marine, maw, mcas, vmfa-224