Tiny, dedicated crew on remote atoll supports Pacific air traffic

U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers from VMA-542 rest on the tarmac after landing at Wake Island Airfield in the mid-Pacific. Marine Attack Squadron 542 is based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The Marines were participating in a trans-Pacific mission from the mainland U.S. to Japan. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and Eielson Air Force Base personnel support the tiny detachment on Wake. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Michael Trent Harrington)

PHOTO BY: Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Trent Harrington

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