A Marine with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 533 loads an AGM-84D Harpoon missile onto an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft during a loading exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 28, 2022. VMFA(AW)-533 conducted the exercise to practice loading, checking, and troubleshooting live ordnance in order to increase operational readiness and better prepare the air station to quickly respond to contingencies within the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

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Keywords: 12, 533, iwakuni, japan, loading, mag, mcas, ordnance, vmfa