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Video by Lance Cpl. Anakin Smith
New Tricks For An Old Dog: Marines with VMA-223 load Air-to-Air missiles onto Harriers (B-ROLL)
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Aug. 30, 2022 | 1:12
U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 223 load ordnance onto an AV-8B Harrier II jet at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Aug. 30, 2022. AV-8B Harrier II jets assigned to VMA-223 were loaded with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and ADM-141A Tactical Air-Launched Decoys for the pilots to practice air-to-air combat. VMA-223 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.

The following B-Roll Package contains footage of the following:
Marines inspecting ordnance, Marines loading missiles on an AV-8B Harrier II jet, Marines arming missiles, Marines preparing an AV-8B Harrier II jet for flight, Marines taking off in an AV-8B Harrier

(U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Anakin Smith)
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