VMFA-112 Supports Noble Jaguar 2021 [Image 11 of 11]

KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JAPAN

09.29.2021

Photo by Sgt. Booker Thomas 

1st Marine Aircraft Wing   

KADENA AIR BASE, JAPAN - U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Eric Smith, an avionics staff non-commissioned officer with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 112 - Marine Aircraft Group 41 - 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts pre-flight checks on F/A-18 Hornets during exercise Noble Jaguar 2021, a combined-arms exercise with 3d Marine Expeditionary Force and U.S. Navy 7th Fleet, Sept. 29, 2021. The Marine Corps and Navy leverage integrated command and control and joint sensors to expand battlefield awareness, share targeting data, and conduct long-range precision strikes in support of sea control and sea denial in contested and distributed maritime environments. III Marine Expeditionary Force executed these actions as a part of an integrated operation with 7th fleet to maintain readiness and demonstrate U.S. resolve to preserve regional security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Booker T. Thomas III)

• Date Taken: 09.29.2021
• Date Posted: 10.01.2021 03:37
• Photo ID: 6867810
• VIRIN: 210930-M-TE205-024
• Resolution: 5209x3473
• Size: 3.6 MB
• Location: KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JP