AL ASAD, Iraq-Sgt. Weslan Sinor inspects an F/A-18D Hornet after
routine maintenance June 22. Marine All-Weather Fighter
Attack Squadron 224 flew 24 sorties (day and night) in support of
Operation Spear that began June 17 and lasted four days. Spear
was an operation to root out insurgents and foreign fighters and
disrupt insurgent support systems in the western region of Iraq.
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