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Video by Cpl. Christian Cortez

Ace of Spades depart from NOLA after Exercise Southern Strike 2023 (B-Roll)

2nd Marine Aircraft Wing

April 28, 2023 | 4:10

U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 231 fly in AV-8B Harrier II jets at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana, April 28, 2023. VMA-231 provided close-air support during Exercise Southern Strike 2023, a joint, multinational exercise designed to improve interoperability among allies and branches of the Department of Defense. VMA-231 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Christian Cortez)

This B-Roll package contains the following:
U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II pilots talking to maintainers, inspecting jets, entering the jets, taxiing the jets down the runway, taking off in the jets, landing the jets, and exiting the jets; U.S. Marines conducting preflight checks on AV-8B Harrier II jets.