U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), plan the day’s missions with French air force Mirage 2000 fighter pilots with Fighter Squadron 03/011 Corsica at French Airbase 188 during an air-to-air and air-to-ground combat exercise. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)
<dl><dd>Unit: 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: Djibouti; Africa; 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit; 22MEU; USMC; fighter jet; AV-8B Harrier; Camp Lemonnier; United States Marine Corps; Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced); Amphibious Ready Group; 22d MEU; USS Bataan (LHD 5); ARG; pilots; 22nd MEU; dogfight; air-to-ground; Mirage 2000; air-to-air combat; VMM-263 (Rein.); French Airbase 188; Fighter Squadron 03/011 Corsica; Corse</dd></dl>
Sgt. Austin Hazard
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