Marine Corps Capt. Thomas Lepick, left, a Green Cove Spring, Fla., native, and an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft pilot, and Sgt. Ernest Brunelle, an Oakham, Mass., native and a fixed wing aircraft safety equipment mechanic, both with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533, perform preflight checks on a F/A-18D Hornet aircraft before an incentive flight at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 30, 2022. Incentive flights are periodically awarded to Marines and Sailors for meritorious actions and service.

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