29 October 2019 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Rapid Deployment Exercise MCAS FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan -- 1st Marine Aircraft Wing rapidly deployed more than 25 aircraft to austere, expeditionary locations and then returned those aircraft and forces to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from October 24 to 25, 2019.Rapid deployment exercises like this are essential to...
12 June 2018 Marines, Sailors Volunteer at Okinawan Senior Citizen Home MCAS FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan -- Approximately 20 Marines and Sailors with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) spent the morning volunteering at the Ai-no-Mura Senior Citizens Home in Okinawa, Japan, June 9, 2018.Volunteers assisted in daily activities and improved living conditions in the area while...
11 April 2018 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Honors U.S.-Philippine Alliance KADENA AIR FORCE BASE, OKINAWA, Japan -- Since the end of the Spanish-American War in 1902, the U.S. and Philippines have worked diligently to maintain an unshakable alliance. During WWII, that alliance was put to the test when 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) took to the skies in the Philippine...
05 June 2018 VMFA-121 Marines Fly High in Misawa Aircraft Training Relocations MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Aircraft Group 12 (MAG-12), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), deployed several F-35B Lightning II’s for a regularly scheduled aviation training relocation to Misawa Air Base, May 9, 2018. Aircraft training relocations are designed to...
25 October 2017 Marine Air Support Squadron-2 Completes Direct Air Support Center Operations in South Korea CAMP STORY, Republic of Korea -- More than 130 Marines and Sailors with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, deployed the Direct Air Support Center (DASC) and an Air Support Element (ASE) to Camp Story, South Korea, for...
30 November 2017 U.S. Marines and Sailors Having Each Other's Backs Since 1775 CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan -- From the time when the U.S. Navy began, groups of specifically trained, maritime infantry have accompanied them.Since November 10, 1775, when Congress approved the establishment of two Marine battalions, as America's expeditionary force in readiness, the U.S. Marine...
22 December 2017 Marine Air Control Squadron-4 Gets Magical at Exercise Voodoo Magic Marine Air Control Squadron 4, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, traveled to Iejima Island to conduct Marine Corps Air Traffic Control Mobile Team Mission Essential Tasks during exercise Voodoo Magic from December 4-15, 2017...
07 November 2017 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Participates in Exercise Blue Chromite 2018 OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing participated in the joint field training exercise Blue Chromite (BC) 2018, throughout the prefecture of Okinawa, Japan, October 23 – November 3, 2017.BC18 is a U.S.-only mission rehearsal which strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary,...
13 April 2018 MAG-36 Remembering Hue City FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan -- Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, the first complete Marine air group to be transported by sea to a combat zone, launched from the USS Princeton to the shores of Vietnam, Sept. 1, 1965. Immediately, they began providing troop lifts, air strikes, medical...
14 June 2019 Honoring the Fallen on the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Saipan SAIPAN, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS -- The bombardment of Saipan began on June 13, 1944. 165,000 shells were fired, from 15 battleships, in an attempt to neutralize Japanese forces along the shore, allowing U.S. Marines to assault the beaches.The battle began on June 15, 1944, when the Marines launched...