Sgt. Benjamin Hebert, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 (HMLA-469), based out of Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., observes and verifies hits as Sgt. Daniel O’Niel, an aerial observer, fires a GAU-21 machine gun from a UH-1Y “Venom,” during exercise “Scorpion Fire,” at the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016. HMLA-469, In Flight & In The Fight 160205-M-VR252-590

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