Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Cpl. Andrew Conner lifts the drag brace into place just before another Marine places the required parts to install it during a 364-day inspection here Aug. 30. It took a crew of about five Marines to replace the drag brace on one of the fighting Bengals here. - Cpl. Andrew Conner lifts the drag brace into place just before another Marine places the required parts to install it during a 364-day inspection here Aug. 30. It took a crew of about five Marines to replace the drag brace on one of the fighting Bengals here.

Lance Cpl. Kieth Shirley and Lance Cpl. Jesse Kyer, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 aircraft communication and navigation technicians, perform an electrical and fluids check during a prior to a familiarization flight here Sept. 2. VMFA(AW)-224 maintainers have to check to make sure the jets maintain enough hydrolic fluid for flight control systems to function properly. - Lance Cpl. Kieth Shirley and Lance Cpl. Jesse Kyer, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 aircraft communication and navigation technicians, perform an electrical and fluids check during a prior to a familiarization flight here Sept. 2. VMFA(AW)-224 maintainers have to check to make sure the jets maintain enough hydrolic fluid for flight control systems to function properly.

Lance Cpl. David Strawder, a Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 powerline plane captain, tightens a fastener on the squadron’s flag plane during a take off inspection here Aug. 12. The tactical tiger-striping paint on the squadron’s flag plane is unique and recognized across the world to signify 224’s presence. - Lance Cpl. David Strawder, a Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 powerline plane captain, tightens a fastener on the squadron’s flag plane during a take off inspection here Aug. 12. The tactical tiger-striping paint on the squadron’s flag plane is unique and recognized across the world to signify 224’s presence.