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CAMP BASTION USMC AV-8B HARRIER JUMP JET ATTACK SQN VMA 211 SHOULDER SLEEVE SSI
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CAMP BASTION USMC AV8B HARRIER JUMP JET ATTACK SQN VMA 211 SHOULDER SLEEVE SSIThis is an Original (not cheap import copy) JSOC CAMP BASTION USMC AV8B HARRIER JUMP JET ATTACK SQN VMA 211 SHOULDER SLEEVE SSI. You will receive the item as shown in the first photo.
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While deployed, VMA-211 Marines supported U.S. and International Security Assistance Force aerial and ground combat operations across Afghanistan as a part of Operation Enduring Freedom. MCAS Yuma is home to 3rd MAW's MAG-13 which includes four AV-8B Harrier Squadrons — VMA-211, 311, 214 and 513; Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 and Marine Wing Support Squadron 371. After the September 11 terror attacks, the squadron deployed to the Arabian Sea aboard USS Bonhomme Richard. The Avengers participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, flying combat missions against targets in Afghanistan from January to March 2002. After a short break, the following January found the Avengers aboard USS Bonhomme Richard. This time the squadron was headed for the Persian Gulf, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In one month of combat flying, the squadron flew over 360 sorties and 640 hours of flight time. The squadron returned to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in May 2003. The squadron deployed to Iraq off USS Essex from October 2004 through February 2005 where they were based at Al Asad Airbase. They again deployed to Al Asad from USS Tarawa in support of OIF from October 2005 until January 2006. In September 2006, the Avengers again deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom to Al Asad Air Base. From January til August 2009, the squadron again deployed as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit on board USS Essex. In April 2012, the Avengers deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, moving from Kandahar Airfield to British-run Camp Bastion in July. While at Camp Bastion, the Avengers experienced six Harriers destroyed, and two severely damaged, during an attack on the base in September. Two Marines were also killed, including the squadron commander Lt. Col. Christopher K. Raible. Occurring during the heat of the 2012 Presidential campaign, John Gresham on the Defense Media Network called this successful Taliban attack "arguably the worst day in [U.S. Marine Corps] aviation history since the Tet Offensive of 1968."[citation needed] In September 2014, the Avengers deployed to Bahrain to support the fight on terrorism in Iraq and Syria until April 2015. The Avengers conducted their last AV-8B Harrier flight on 6 May 2016 and received their first two F-35B Lightning IIs on 9 May. On 30 June 2016, VMA-211 was redesignated as VMFA-211, becoming the second fleet squadron in the Marine Corps to operate the F-35B Lightning II as their primary aircraft. In September 2018 VMFA-211 deployed aboard USS Essex as part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group deployed to the United States Central Command area of operations.[8] On 27 September 2018 an F-35B from Essex carried out an air strike using a precision-guided bomb against a Taliban position in Afghanistan, marking the first US combat use of the F-35.[9] On September 4, 2020 the squadron deployed to RAF Marham in the United Kingdom, with 10 F-35Bs.[10] The squadron is scheduled to train alongside 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, in preparation for an upcoming deployment where the two squadrons will form the fixed-wing component embarked on HMS Queen Elizabeth when the carrier enters its first operational deployment in 2021.[11].
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