July 22, 2021 - U.S. Marine Corps
Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163, Marine Aircraft Group
16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), conduct live-fire drills
from an MV-22 Osprey during the Advanced Naval Basing
evolution of Summer Fury 21 (SF21) off the coast of San
Clemente Island, California. 3rd MAW trained to increase its
lethality by deploying buoyant targets simulating enemy
small vessels to be tracked and eliminated.
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.
