A Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 164 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, departs after receiving fuel from a Air Force KC-10 Extender, assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, during an in-air refueling mission supporting Operation Octave Quartz with armed aerial patrols over Somalia, Jan. 5, 2021. Marine F-35Bs support to OOQ demonstrates the military’s ability to hold adversaries such as al-Shabaab at risk with flexible, precise and lethal force capable of rapidly responding anywhere on the globe. The
A Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 164 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, departs after receiving fuel from a Air Force KC-10 Extender, assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, during an in-air refueling mission supporting Operation Octave Quartz with armed aerial patrols over Somalia, Jan. 5, 2021. Marine F-35Bs support to OOQ demonstrates the military’s ability to hold adversaries such as al-Shabaab at risk with flexible, precise and lethal force capable of rapidly responding anywhere on the globe. The mission of OOQ is to reposition Department of Defense personnel from Somalia to other locations in East Africa.
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