Marines with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing All Type Model Series Armament Team prepare to load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II aircraft at a forward arming and refueling point, in support of Exercise Steel Knight at Inyokern Airfield, California, Dec. 2, 2023. ATAT is comprised of aviation ordnance Marines qualified to load and arm every type model series platform in the 3rd MAW fleet. Steel Knight is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary


Marines with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing All Type Model Series Armament Team prepare to load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II aircraft at a forward arming and refueling point, in support of Exercise Steel Knight at Inyokern Airfield, California, Dec. 2, 2023. ATAT is comprised of aviation ordnance Marines qualified to load and arm every type model series platform in the 3rd MAW fleet. Steel Knight is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jennifer Sanchez)


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