Marines and Airmen conduct a hot pit refuel on the F-35B Lightning II aircraft at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan, June 27, 2017. The Marines are with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and the Airmen are with 18th Logistics and Readiness Squadron, 353 Special Operations Group, 18th Wing. The two-day exercise enabled the Air Force and Marine Corps to improve interoperability and develop tactics, techniques and procedures involving the new aircraft for future joint FARP operations throughout the Indo-Asia Pacific Theater. (
Marines and Airmen conduct a hot pit refuel on the F-35B Lightning II aircraft at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan, June 27, 2017. The Marines are with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and the Airmen are with 18th Logistics and Readiness Squadron, 353 Special Operations Group, 18th Wing. The two-day exercise enabled the Air Force and Marine Corps to improve interoperability and develop tactics, techniques and procedures involving the new aircraft for future joint FARP operations throughout the Indo-Asia Pacific Theater. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Deseree Kamm)
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