U.S. Marines, assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 223, operate an air launch weapons loader to lift an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Aug. 7, 2014. VMA-223 became the first squadron on the east coast to launch an AMRAAM. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ashley E. Beckett/Released)