"Lieutenant Colonel Louis Gasparine (Follansbee, ) gives a "Thumbs up" as he prepares to fly the lead aircraft in the redeployment of Marine Aircraft Group 12 to Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan. The aircraft of VM-211 were the last remaining A-4E Skyhawks of MAG-12. February 23, 1970."

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