A Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet aircraft, with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 533, takes off from Andersen Air Force Base Guam, June 14, 2022, to participate in a joint maritime strike to demonstrate service components fires and effects capabilities in the maritime environment during exercise Valiant Shield 22 (VS 22). Exercises such as Valiant Shield allows the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Task Force the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct long-range, precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate


A Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet aircraft, with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 533, takes off from Andersen Air Force Base Guam, June 14, 2022, to participate in a joint maritime strike to demonstrate service components fires and effects capabilities in the maritime environment during exercise Valiant Shield 22 (VS 22). Exercises such as Valiant Shield allows the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Task Force the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct long-range, precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Task Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Harmon)


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