 During this deployment VMU-2 flew over 500 sorties totaling more than 2,400 flight hours.In 2009, VMU-2 conducted flight operations throughout coastal North Carolina to prepare elements of VMU-2 for upcoming deployments to OIF and OEF.In April 2009, VMU-2 sent Marines to both Iraq and Afghanistan to support the “Overseas Contingency Operation” while conducting flight ops with both the Shadow and ScanEagle systems.