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160113-M-QA203-002.JPG Photo By: Cpl. Jessica Quezada

Jan 16, 2016

CHITOSE AIR BASE - Sgt. Avelinobong Quero, fixed-wing aircraft mechanic with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224, works on an F/A-18D Hornet at Chitose Air Base apron in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 13, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, homebased at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.

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