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Video by Chief Warrant Officer Trent Randolph
B-Roll: VMFAT-101 Fly the Barn
3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Sept. 29, 2023 | 4:30
U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 101, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct a mass formation launch known as “flying the barn,” to honor the squadron’s legacy on the day of its deactivation at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Sept. 29, 2023. For more than 50 years, instructor pilots of the VMFAT-101 “SharpShooters” have qualified combat aviators and sent them to operational squadrons worldwide. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Trent Randolph)
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