The system replaces a cumbersome legacy platform Marines have long used to defend the skies: The Man-Portable Air Defense System, or MANPADs.
The three-month effort to deliver aid to Gaza included more than 1,000 U.S. servicemembers.
Marine fighter pilots now have a missile that can strike targets up to 230 miles away, keeping aviators out of the range of many air defense systems.
The inquiry is separate from another review of America's military pier to deliver aid into the Gaza strip.
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