Ace of Spades provide close-air support during Exercise Southern Strike 2023 (cockpit footage)

Video by Cpl. Christian Cortez

2nd Marine Aircraft Wing

April 19, 2023 | 3:11

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. James W. Pollard, a pilot with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 231, flies an AV-8B Harrier II jet near Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana, April 19, 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 pilot taking off in an AV-8B Harrier II,
U.S. Marine Corps pilots flying AV-8B Harrier II jets,
U.S. Marine Corps pilot providing close-air support,
and a U.S. Marine Corps pilot landing an AV-8B Harrier II.