A Marine Corps F/A -18D Hornet aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312 takes off during Stand-in Force Exercise (SiF-EX) near Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 12, 2022. SiF-EX is a division-level exercise involving all elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force focused on strengthening multi-domain awareness, maneuver, and fires across a distributed maritime environment. This exercise serves as a rehearsal for rapidly projecting combat power in defense of allies and partners in the region. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Rodriguez)

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Keywords: /-18d, 1stmaw, hot, refueling, sif-, udp, vmfa-312