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U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 372, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, prepare a Marine Corps Tactical Air-Ground Refueling System as part of forward arming and refueling point operations during exercise Steel Knight 25 at Sacramento Mather Airport, California, Dec. 8, 2025. A FARP delivers refueling and rearming for rotary and fixed-wing aircraft, extending the reach of air operations in forward environments while demonstrating 3rd MAW’s ability to sustain distributed aviation missions through expeditionary refueling, ordnance support, and resilient communications architecture. Steel Knight is an annual exercise that strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps team’s ability to respond forward, integrate across domains, and sustain Marine Air-Ground Task Force readiness. (U.S. Marine corps photo by Sgt. Brian A. Stippey)
| Date Taken: | 12.08.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 12.09.2025 11:50 |
| Photo ID: | 9430867 |
| VIRIN: | 251208-M-JE726-1191 |
| Resolution: | 6524x4349 |
| Size: | 1.16 MB |
| Location: | MATHER AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 53 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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Steel Knight 25: 3rd MAW Executes Distributed Aviation Operations at Scale
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