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Navy and Marine jets fly at MCAS Iwakuni

IWAKUNI, Japan (Sept. 22, 2025) — A U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II jet with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, Carrier Air Wing 5, conducts field carrier landing practice at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 18, 2025. Pilots aboard various aircraft at MCAS Iwakuni have to accumulate the required quantity of flying hours every month to maintain proficiency and expertise with their airframe via daily flight activities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Maikeyla Reyes)
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Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Change of Command Ceremony

WAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, Japan (July 2, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Devon Tschirley, station executive officer, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, marches with the color guard during a change of command ceremony at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, July 2, 2025. MCAS Iwakuni held the change of command ceremony to formally transfer command from Col. Richard Rusnok to Col. Kenneth Rossman, symbolizing the shift in leadership, authority, and responsibility for the installation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Getz)
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Hawaiian Raptors Join the 354th Air Expeditionary Wing

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jets assigned to the 199th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron undergo post-flight procedures as a C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 15, 2022. The 199th EFS traveled to Iwakuni for an agile combat employment training event, during which the unit is assigned to the 354th Air Expeditionary Wing and integrated with the 356th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron to refine fifth generation integration tactics, techniques and procedures.
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III Marine Expeditionary Force and U.S. 7th Fleet complete integrated training for MEFEX

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy, III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF III) commanding general, arrives at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni during MEFEX 21. MEFEX tests the ability to conduct distributed operations and distributed command and control (C2) in a contested environment and exercise naval integration and joint operations. The exercise is designed to refine staff processes and command relationships between III MEF and its adjacent and subordinate command headquarters. MEFEX rehearses the MEF’s ability to deploy 25,000 Marines and sailors inn support of real world crisis or contingencies in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Pacific-Based Marines, Navy Complete Integrated Training for Joint Exercise

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy, III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF III) commanding general, arrives at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni during MEFEX 21. MEFEX tests the ability to conduct distributed operations and distributed command and control (C2) in a contested environment and exercise naval integration and joint operations. The exercise is designed to refine staff processes and command relationships between III MEF and its adjacent and subordinate command headquarters. MEFEX rehearses the MEF’s ability to deploy 25,000 Marines and sailors inn support of real world crisis or contingencies in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Cobra Gold 20: Royal Thai, US Strengthen Partnership through Humanitarian Civic Action

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jonathon Couch, an electrician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, poses for a photo with Royal Thai Army Sergeant Major First Class Tralrak Tongsomrld during an engineering civic action project as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2020 at Ban Na Isan Border Patrol Police School, Tha Takiap, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 23, 2020. Cobra Gold 20 maintains a consistent focus on humanitarian civic action, community engagement, and medical activities conducted during the exercise to support the needs and humanitarian interests of civilian populations around the region.
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U.S. Navy Seabees with NMCB 5’s Detail Iwakuni Start a Landfill Capping Project in Support of MCAS

Equipment Operator 3rd Class Marco Padilla, from San Antonio, and Equipment Operator 3rd Class Micheal King, from St. Stephen, South Carolina, deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5’s Detail Iwakuni, put logs into the bucket of backhoe to clean the project site. U.S. Navy Seabees with NMCB-5’s Detail Iwakuni are constructing a landfill capping project in support of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. NMCB-5 is deployed across the Indo-Pacific region conducting high-quality construction to support U.S. and partner nations to strengthen partnerships, deter aggression, and enable expeditionary logistics and naval power projection.
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Seabees Deployed with NMCB-5’s Detail Iwakuni Build New CMU Enclosures on Board Marine Corps Air Station

Equipment Operator 3rd Class David Francis, from Jefferson City, Missouri, and Equipment Operator 3rd Class Zhen Liu, from Oxnard, California, both deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5’s Detail Iwakuni, pull pavers with pickaxes to clear for excavation. NMCB-5 is deployed across the Indo-Pacific region conducting high-quality construction to support U.S. and partner stations to strengthen partnerships, deter aggression, and enable expeditionary logistics and naval power projection.
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MCAS Iwakuni leadership hosts first Sound of Freedom Campaign

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni leadership and Iwakuni City council members pose for a photo during the Sound of Freedom Campaign at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, June 1, 2018. The campaign was a series of events in order to give the city council members a better understanding of base operations and share insight on why maintaining readiness for Marine Aircraft Group 12, Carrier Air Wing 5 and Fleet Air Wing 31 is so important.
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Iwakuni Marines rescue boat passengers at Kintai Bridge

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dawson Hatzman, an engineer assistant with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, explains how he helped a boatman at the Kintaikyo Bridge in Iwakuni City, Japan, May 1, 2018. Hatzman helped a local Japanese boatman free his boat from the current in the Nishiki River during Easter weekend.
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MACS-4 gets magical at exercise Voodoo Magic [Image 11 out of 12]

U.S. Marine Cpl. Daniel McGinness, an air traffic controller, aligns panels, which notify an aircraft where to land, on Iejima Island, Okinawa, Japan, December 15, 2017. Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron 4, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, traveled to Iejima Island to be formally evaluated on their Marine Corps Air Traffic Control Mobile Team Mission Essential Tasks as part of the Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation for exercise Voodoo Magic from December 4-15, 2017. This is the first time MACS-4 has conducted this evaluation. McGinness, a native of Orlando, is assigned to MACS-4, MACG-18, 1st MAW.
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MCAS Iwakuni Harbor Ops conducts facilities-response training

U.S. Navy Boatswain Mate 2nd Class Elizabeth Rodriguez, right, and Boatswain Mate 3rd Class Matthew Radcliff with Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni Harbor Operations, guide a buoy through the water at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 7, 2017. Harbor Operations conducted facilities-response training to learn how to control potential oil or fuel spills in the waters surrounding the station. The buoys trap oily substances while a skimmer boat is used to filter and clean the water.
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MWSS-171 kicks off exercise Kamashika Wrath

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tomas Carreon and Lance Cpl. William Termine, water support technicians with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, ground a flood light during exercise Kamashika Wrath at Haramura, Japan, Sept. 30, 2017. The exercise helps Marines test mission performance and prepare for real-world situations by training in an indoor range, taking part in chemical biological radiological nuclear defense drills and conduct convoy operations. Marines set up tents water sources and other facilities that they could use during their time in Haramura.
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MWSS-171 kicks off exercise Kamashika Wrath

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ryan Barber, a tactical switch operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, digs a ditch at Haramura, Japan, Sept. 30, 2017. MWSS-171, stationed out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, kicked off exercise Kamashika Wrath. The exercise helps Marines test mission performance and prepare for real-world situation. The ditch helped cover wires to provide electricity to tents.
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Bringing lightning to the fight: F-35B conducts FARP at Kadena

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron, and Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 refueling teams refuel a Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 F-35B Lightning II during a joint forward area refueling point joint training exercise June 27, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Marines from the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 and Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 conducted a FARP operation alongside Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Group and 18th Wing, enhancing joint operations.
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909th ARS conducts F-35 inaugural refueling

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II from the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, approaches the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron for an inflight refuel March 14, 2017, over the Pacific Ocean. The 909th ARS provides combat-ready KC-135 tanker aircrews to support peacetime operations and all levels of conflict in the Indo-Asia-Pacific theater.
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909th ARS conducts F-35 inaugural refueling

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning IIs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 fly in formation next to a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron March 14, 2017, over Pacific waters. The F-35B is a fifth-generation fighter, which is the world’s first operational supersonic short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft.
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909th ARS conducts F-35 inaugural refueling

U.S. Air Force Capt. Matt Davis, 909th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, flies in formation with U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning IIs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, March 14, 2017, over the Pacific Ocean. The training sortie marked the first air refueling mission with F-35s in the 909th ARS’s area of operation.
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Marine helicopters soar farther than before with auxiliary fuel tanks

A UH-1Y Venom leads the way for an AH-1Z Viper flying by Mount Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan, March 12, 2017. Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 validated the long-range capability of the auxiliary fuel tanks on their H-1 platform helicopters by flying more than 314 nautical miles during one leg of the four-day operation, March 10. These aircrafts’ extended range is crucial to maintaining a stronger, more capable forward-deployed force in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The Marines in the aircraft are with HMLA-267, currently assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force through the unit deployment program. The squadron is based out of Camp Pendleton, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)
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Marine helicopters soar farther than before with auxiliary fuel tanks

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters past Mount Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan, March 12, 2017. The squadron, currently supporting Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force through the unit deployment program, validated the long-range capability of auxiliary fuel tanks on their H-1 platform helicopters by flying 314 nautical miles during one leg of the four-day mission, March 10. These aircrafts’ extended range is crucial to maintaining a stronger, more capable forward-deployed force in readiness in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The squadron is based out of Camp Pendleton, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)
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