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“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)

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.