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Video by Cpl. Levi Voss

Summer Fury 21: Aerial Gunnery Flight

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

July 21, 2021 | 2:23

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 369, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct live fire during an aerial gunnery flight during Summer Fury 21 on San Clemente Island, California, July 21, 2021. HMLA-369 fire GAU-21/A .50 caliber machine guns and GAU-17/A 7.62 miniguns on San Clemente Island to showcase their operability in an environment similar to the Indo-Pacific region. Summer Fury is an exercise conducted by 3rd MAW in order to maintain and build capability, strength, and trust within its units to generate the readiness and lethality needed to deter and defeat adversaries during combat operations as the U.S. Marine Corps refines tactics and equipment in accordance with Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Levi Voss)