MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Marine Col. George Zamka, (right) the pilot for space shuttle mission STS-120 Discovery from Oct. 23, 2007 to Nov. 23, 2007, gives a Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 121 Patch to Maj. Jay Ingwell, an instructor with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101, Marine Aircraft Group 11 (Rein.), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. Ingwell ripped the patch off his flight suit and gave it to Zamka 10 years earlier when Zamka was accepted as a NASA pilot. Ingwell, who served along side Zamka with VMFA(AW)-121, asked him
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Marine Col. George Zamka, (right) the pilot for space shuttle mission STS-120 Discovery from Oct. 23, 2007 to Nov. 23, 2007, gives a Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 121 Patch to Maj. Jay Ingwell, an instructor with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101, Marine Aircraft Group 11 (Rein.), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. Ingwell ripped the patch off his flight suit and gave it to Zamka 10 years earlier when Zamka was accepted as a NASA pilot. Ingwell, who served along side Zamka with VMFA(AW)-121, asked him to fly the patch in outer space. Zamka returned the patch to Ingwell after his space mission during a visit to VMFA(T)-101. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Fredrick J. Coleman) (Released) USMC-080603-M-0007C-5308
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