“Fighter Attack Starts Here” hangs on the side of Hanger 3, home of Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 101 “, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif. VMFAT-101 is the largest F/A-18 squadron in the Marine Corps and has over 60 fighter jets attached to the squadron. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Liah Kitchen/Released) - “Fighter Attack Starts Here” hangs on the side of Hanger 3, home of Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 101 “, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif. VMFAT-101 is the largest F/A-18 squadron in the Marine Corps and has over 60 fighter jets attached to the squadron. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Liah Kitchen/Released)

1st Lt. Bryan Boer and 1st Lt. Emily Favorite, F/A-18 pilots with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 101, talk with Bridget Naso, a military reporter with NBC 7 Sand Diego, during the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Media Day aboard MCAS Miramar, California, July 29. The MCAS Miramar Media Day allowed the media an opportunity to delve deeper into the moving parts that make the air station and the Marine Corps work. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alissa P. Schuning/Released) - 1st Lt. Bryan Boer and 1st Lt. Emily Favorite, F/A-18 pilots with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 101, talk with Bridget Naso, a military reporter with NBC 7 Sand Diego, during the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Media Day aboard MCAS Miramar, California, July 29. The MCAS Miramar Media Day allowed the media an opportunity to delve deeper into the moving parts that make the air station and the Marine Corps work. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alissa P. Schuning/Released)

First Lt. Alisa Sieber, a pilot with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352 and a San Diego native, smiles as she gives an interview aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., March 9. - First Lt. Alisa Sieber, a pilot with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352 and a San Diego native, smiles as she gives an interview aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., March 9.

A CH-53E Super Stallion lands in Yuma, Ariz. with Marines and Sailors for a live-fire field trip Feb. 27. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 worked alongside Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 by assisting them with the transportation of the participants. - A CH-53E Super Stallion lands in Yuma, Ariz. with Marines and Sailors for a live-fire field trip Feb. 27. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 worked alongside Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 by assisting them with the transportation of the participants.

Gen. James F. Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, and Lt. Col. Robert B. Brodie, the commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 101, prepare to fly in an F/A-18 Hornet dedicated by Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 to recent Medal of Honor recipients during a ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Nov. 2. VMFAT-101 specially painted the aircraft with the names of recent Medal of Honor recipients, Cpl. Jason L. Dunham, a Scio, N.Y., native, Sgt. Dakota Meyer, a Greensburg, Ken., native, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor, a Long Beach, Calif., native and Navy Lt. Michael P. Murphy, a Smithtown, N.Y., native. - Gen. James F. Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, and Lt. Col. Robert B. Brodie, the commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 101, prepare to fly in an F/A-18 Hornet dedicated by Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 to recent Medal of Honor recipients during a ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Nov. 2. VMFAT-101 specially painted the aircraft with the names of recent Medal of Honor recipients, Cpl. Jason L. Dunham, a Scio, N.Y., native, Sgt. Dakota Meyer, a Greensburg, Ken., native, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor, a Long Beach, Calif., native and Navy Lt. Michael P. Murphy, a Smithtown, N.Y., native.

Lance Cpls. Justis Beauregard (far left), a combat correspondent with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 3, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and Josh Rucker (far right), a reproduction specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, pose with Christine Anderson (center) who injured her ankle while hiking on Mount Woodson in Poway, Calif., Feb. 15. The Marines helped splint Anderson's broken ankle with skills they learned in a Marine Corps combat lifesaver course and created and expedient stretcher with their flak jackets to carry her to waiting emergency personnel.::r::::n:: - Lance Cpls. Justis Beauregard (far left), a combat correspondent with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 3, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and Josh Rucker (far right), a reproduction specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, pose with Christine Anderson (center) who injured her ankle while hiking on Mount Woodson in Poway, Calif., Feb. 15. The Marines helped splint Anderson's broken ankle with skills they learned in a Marine Corps combat lifesaver course and created and expedient stretcher with their flak jackets to carry her to waiting emergency personnel.::r::::n::