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Marines F/A-18 Hornets finish final aircraft carrier deployment
By (0) U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet fighter planes ended their final carrier-based deployment last week aboard the USS Nimitz. Photo courtesy of Defense Department
March 3 (UPI) The last carrier deployment of F/A-18 Hornet fighter planes ended last week, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 noted, with a transition to F-35 planes.
Personnel of VMFA-323, known as the Death Rattlers, returned to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., after a 10-month deployment with Carrier Air Wing 17 aboard the Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Indo-Pacific area of operations.
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Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 returned to California last week after a 10-month deployment with the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.
It was the Marine Corps final F/A-18 Hornet carrier deployment, officials said in a news release about the historic mission.
Marine CorpsF/A-18 Hornets have flown off the flight deck of a Navy aircraft carrier for the last time.
Members of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, known as the Death Rattlers, returned to California last week after a 10-month deployment with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group. It was the final F/A-18 Hornet carrier deployment for the Marine Corps, officials said in a news release about the historic mission.