Steel Knight 23.2: F-35Bs and F-15s Conduct Joint Strike Operations
U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 502, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, fly over Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, during joint fixed-wing strike operations with Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 389th Fighter Squadron, 366th Fighter Wing, as part of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2, Dec. 5, 2023. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexis Ibarra)
Steel Knight 23.2: F-35Bs and F-15s Conduct Joint Strike Operations
U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 502, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, fly over Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, during joint fixed-wing strike operations with Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 389th Fighter Squadron, 366th Fighter Wing, as part of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2, Dec. 5, 2023. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexis Ibarra)