US Marines Sharpshooters stand down

The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and Marine aircraft group MAG-11 said goodbye to Marine fighter attack training squadron VMFAT-101, when the unit was deactivated at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, on September 29, 2023. The ‘Sharpshooters’ had served as the Hornet fleet replacement squadron (FRS) since 1988 and been based at Miramar since relocating from the former MCAS El Toro, California, on October 1, 1998. Originally activated at MCAS El Toro, California, on January 3, 1969, and later based