Photo by Lance Cpl. Isaac Velasco | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.08.2022
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 prepares to take off from a helicopter outlying landing field during exercise Steel Knight 23, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 8, 2022. VMX-1 demonstrated F-35B expeditionary advanced base capabilities through landings and take-offs at an austere airfield, and receiving......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Isaac Velasco | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.08.2022
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Edmund Hipp, the commanding officer of Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 monitors his fuel gauge during refueling in exercise Steel Knight 23, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 8, 2022. VMX-1 demonstrated F-35B expeditionary advanced base capabilities through landings and take-offs at an austere airfield, and receiving fuel from......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Isaac Velasco | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.08.2022
U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning IIs with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 receive fuel from a forward arming and refueling point set up by Marine Wing Support Squadron 372, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing during exercise Steel Knight 23, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 8, 2022. VMX-1 demonstrated F-35B expeditionary advanced base capabilities through......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Isaac Velasco | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.08.2022
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Andrew Christ, an F-35B Lightning II pilot with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1, gives the go ahead to start refueling at the arming and refueling point set up by Marine Wing Support Squadron 372 during exercise Steel Knight 23, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 8, 2022. VMX-1 demonstrated F-35B expeditionary advanced base......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Isaac Velasco | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.08.2022
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1, taxies at a helicopter outlying landing field during exercise Steel Knight 23, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 8, 2022. VMX-1 demonstrated F-35B expeditionary advanced base capabilities through landings and take-offs at an austere airfield, and receiving fuel from a......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Isaac Velasco | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.08.2022
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 lands at a helicopter outlying landing field during exercise Steel Knight 23, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 8, 2022. VMX-1 demonstrated F-35B expeditionary advanced base capabilities through landings and take-offs at an austere airfield, and receiving fuel from a forward......
Photo by Cpl. Sean Potter | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.06.2022
U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 165, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), flies to the Laguna Node during exercise Steel Knight 23, on Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 6, 2022. Exercise Steel Knight 23 provides 3rd MAW an opportunity to refine Wing-level warfighting in support of I......
Photo by Cpl. Sean Potter | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.06.2022
U.S. Marines embark on an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 165, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), as it prepares to fly out to the Laguna Node during exercise Steel Knight 23, on Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 6, 2022. Exercise Steel Knight 23 provides 3rd MAW an opportunity to refine Wing-level......
