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Posted 20 March 2012

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Photo by SSgt. Rasheen A. Douglas

Aviators from Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA (AW)-121), known as the Green Knights, flew their F/A-18D Hornets to Kunsan AB, Korea, to participate in a weeklong dissimilar aircraft combat training that ended on 20 March 2012 with F-16 pilots from the 35th Fighter Squadron at Kunsan. The Marines were deployed from MCAS Miramar, California, to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, and have participated in several off-base exercises throughout the Pacific region, including missions against F-22s from JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

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