A 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, takes off during combat search and rescue training with Air Force HC-130J Combat King II aircraft assigned to the 920th Rescue Wing as part of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Dec. 5, 2023. Combat search and rescue is a highly specialized operation carried out by rescue teams to safely retrieve stranded personnel from dangerous environments or emergency situations. 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)