 Another Skyhawk had a flameout when turning base on approach into Beaufort, South Carolina.On January 25, 1985, VMA-331 became the first fully operational AV-8B Harrier II squadron in Marine Corps service.The squadron deployed on the USS "Nassau" (LHA-4) to the Persian Gulf and eventually flew 243 sorties, dropping 256 tons of ordnance, and became the first Marine Attack Squadron to conduct combat operations from a Landing Helicopter Assault ship.