A Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), armed with an AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile before a live fire range during exercise Steel Knight 23, on the deck amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Dec. 7, 2022. MAG-39 conducts sea denial operations to enable littoral operations in contested environments. Exercise Steel Knight 23 provides 3rd MAW an opportunity to refine Wing-level warfighting in support of I Marine Expeditionary Force and fleet maneuver.

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Keywords: 7, 23, amphibious, assault, carrier, jagm, knight, lha, steel, tripoli, usmc, venom, viper