VMFA-122 prepares to launch
An F/A -18C Hornet with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA)122, taxis to the runway to launch air operations during Exercise Pitch Black 2016 at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, Aug. 1, 2016. Pitch Black 16 is a biennial, three week, multinational, large-force training exercise hosted by RAAF Tindal. The U.S. flying squadron, home based out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, spent the last six months at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, with the Unit Deployment Program training and preparing for this training evolution. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicole Zurbrugg)
VMFA-122 prepares to launch
An F/A -18C Hornet with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA)122, taxis to the runway to launch air operations during Exercise Pitch Black 2016 at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, Aug. 1, 2016. Pitch Black 16 is a biennial, three week, multinational, large-force training exercise hosted by RAAF Tindal. The U.S. flying squadron, home based out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, spent the last six months at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, with the Unit Deployment Program training and preparing for this training evolution. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicole Zurbrugg)