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Stripes Japan
January 18, 2018
A night of flannel shirts and cowgirl boots brought fathers and daughters together to celebrate their love during the Boots 'n Belles Daddy-Daughter Dance at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 13, 2018. They spent three hours stepping and swinging to popular dance songs, taking photosÃÂ ...
Stripes Japan
January 17, 2018
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni residents and Japanese locals participated in annual U.S.-Japan joint calligraphy event, “Kakizome,” at Waki Town, Japan, Jan. 6, 2018. The purpose of the event was to bring the Japanese and American community together by sharing cultural values through art.
Defenseworld.net
January 9, 2018
The U.S. military plans to load F-35Bs deployed at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture on the 257-meter Wasp and use them to deter North Korea and China, The Japan Times reports. The Wasp (landing helicopter deck – LHD 1) Class is the US Navy's large-deck multipurposeÃÂ ...
The Maritime Executive
January 7, 2018
Assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC 30) forward deployed to Japan, the C-2A aircraft was carrying 11 crew and passengers when it crashed. The aircraft was conducting a routine transport flight carrying passengers and cargo from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni to USS Ronald Reagan.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
December 28, 2017
Last January the Marine Corps said Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, an F-35B squadron, had departed Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., and was transferring to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, as part of a land-based force. The F-35B stealth fighter, also known as the Lightning II, wasÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
December 21, 2017
Japan Air Self-Defense Force personnel study an F-35B Lightning II at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 13, 2017. STEPHEN CAMPBELL/U.S. MARINE CORPS. Email; Print; Reddit ÷ Tweet ÷ Share; Pinterest; More. By HANA KUSUMOTO | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 22, 2017.
Stripes Okinawa
December 13, 2017
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, began training at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 9, 2017. The squadron utilized MCAS Iwakuni's strategic geography to support exercise Forest Light. VMM-262ÃÂ ...
USNI News
August 18, 2017
The first jet squadrons from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, nicknamed “the nation's 911 air wing” will relocate to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni later this fall, the Navy announced on Friday. Strike Fighter Squadrons (VFA) 115 and 195, along with Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141 scheduled to relocate toÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
December 31, 1999
The stealth jets are flown by Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, which arrived last year at nearby Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. The Wasp can host more than 1,600 Marines. The 844-foot flattop ship employs 31 aircraft, as well as Marine amphibious craft out of its well deck. Not long after its AugustÃÂ ...
KATC Lafayette News
November 25, 2017
UPDATE: The Louisiana sailor who died in a Wednesday crash was a Baton Rouge native, our media partners at The Advocate report. Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Matthew Chialastri, of Baton Rouge, was one of 11 people on a C-2A Greyhound to the USS Ronald Reagan on Wednesday when itÃÂ ...
WLWT Cincinnati
November 23, 2017
The aircraft was carrying passengers and cargo from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Japan to the carrier when the plane crashed about 500 nautical miles southeast of Okinawa, Japan. A Navy public affairs officer told CNN the plane was on approach to the carrier, but didn't know how far away it wasÃÂ ...
Department of Defense
November 20, 2017
Marine Corps Cpl. Laren Kenison prepares to fuel an F-35B Lightning II aircraft while wearing full protective gear during a training exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 15, 2017. The exercise trained Marines to keep aircraft in the fight while working in a hazardous environment. KenisonÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
November 16, 2017
7 jaunt to Iwo Jima — known in Japan as Iwo To — was part of a historical professional military education outing organized by Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni's Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, a service statement said. Servicemembers soaked in the surroundings of the Feb.-March 1945ÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
November 16, 2017
The Marine Corps finished deploying a squadron of state-of-the-art stealth fighters to Japan Wednesday with the arrival of three F-35B Lighting IIs at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, which began flying its F-35Bs to the air station in January, now has a full complementÃÂ ...
Stripes Japan
November 9, 2017
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Marine Aircraft Group 12 took part in 1st Marine Air Wing's 242-mile run in celebration of the ...
MilitarySpot
November 1, 2017
NOVEMBER 1, 2017, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni – The clashing sound of metal on metal echoes off the canopies on the flight line where Marine ...
Stripes Okinawa
October 27, 2017
Fleet Activities Yokosuka and Sasebo and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni remain in Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness Storm Watch.
Stars and Stripes
October 27, 2017
... a missile test conducted by the North earlier this year suggests that it was designed to simulate a strike on Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni.
Department of Defense
October 27, 2017
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan, Oct. 27, 2017 — Marines based here conducted a nighttime aerial refueling exercise Oct. 25-26 to improve ...
Stripes Japan
October 25, 2017
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- It's the early 1970s and long lines of disgruntled Marines wait their turn impatiently, some on ...
DoD Buzz
October 25, 2017
... the functions of an F/A-18C Hornet to a Japan Air Self-Defense Force cadet at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, on Oct. 18, 2017.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
October 24, 2017
U.S. Marine Corps' F-35B Lightning II fighters assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan are joined by Republic of Korea Air ...
Stars and Stripes
September 25, 2017
... buildings in Japan, including at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Camp Zama, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Kadena Air Base and Camp Foster.
Stars and Stripes
September 15, 2017
A group of Japanese airmen recently visited Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni to learn more about the F-35 Lightning II ahead of the stealth ...
USNI News
August 18, 2017
The first jet squadrons from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, nicknamed “the nation's 911 air wing” will relocate to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni ...
Stars and Stripes
December 31, 1999
North Korea warns war is 'established fact' day after US bombing drills. Two U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, drop munitions at the Pilsung Range, South Korea on Aug. 31, 2017. ALEX ECHOLS/U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO. Email; Print; Reddit; TweetÃÂ ...
The Interpreter
August 30, 2017
USMC F/A-18s from Iwakuni Air Station, in Japan, have already deployed for air exercises in Northern Australia. Hypothetically, a detachmentÃÂ ...
Stripes Japan
August 30, 2017
Single Marine Program (SMP) volunteers from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni pick up trash during an SMP Yuu Beach cleanup at IwakuniÃÂ ...
Aviation Week
August 29, 2017
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II hovers overhead before conducting a vertical landing at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, JuneÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
August 29, 2017
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Japan's air force demonstrated a Patriot missile-defense system at Yokota in western Tokyo Tuesday, just hoursÃÂ ...
Xinhua
August 26, 2017
... Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo and at the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture in Japan's southwest, next Tuesday.
Stars and Stripes
August 18, 2017
... will transfer from Naval Air Facility Atsugi to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni after the Reagan completes its fall patrol, the statement said.
USNI News
August 18, 2017
The first jet squadrons from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, nicknamed “the nation's 911 air wing” will relocate to Marine Corps Air Station IwakuniÃÂ ...
Popular Mechanics
August 17, 2017
They are currently deployed to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Japan, and the jets participated in training exercises in South Korea inÃÂ ...
Breaking Defense
February 16, 2017
Deploying the country's most advanced fighter to the region would help send that signal. Of course, the Air Force planes would not be alone.
Stripes Japan
February 14, 2017
... U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Steadman Barringer, Lance Cpl. Glenn Hughes and Lance Cpl. James Grigsby, military police officers with the Provost Marshal's Office, clear a room during active-shooter training at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni ...
Second Line of Defense
February 12, 2017
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni also recently received the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, equipped with the most advanced airborne radar in the world.
The Hankyoreh
February 10, 2017
A long-standing desire of the residents of Iwakuni was a construction project to relocate the runway of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, which had been the source of much noise pollution, about 1km further into the ocean. The project began in Mar ...
Stripes Japan
February 9, 2017
U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Marcos Martinez, expeditionary fire rescue staff noncommissioned officer in charge with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, right, poses for a photo with his opponent during the Duamau Tournament, a jiu jitsuÃÂ ...
Stripes Japan
February 9, 2017
5, 2017. Jiu jitsu is an art of weaponless fighting which employs holds and throws to subdue or disable an opponent. Hinckley trains among other Marines at the Iron Works North gym on Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LanceÃÂ ...
Aerotech News (blog)
February 9, 2017
An F-35B Lightening II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz.
Daily Sabah
February 8, 2017
This picture taken on January 18, 2017 shows two US F-35B stealth fighter jet taxiing after landing at the US Marine's Iwakuni Air Station in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi prefecture. (AFP Photo). More than half of the US Navy's force of Super Hornet and F/A-18 ...
Stars and Stripes
February 8, 2017
... since arriving in Japan last month for its first overseas deployment. The new stealth fighters from Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni began flying near Okinawa this week, a Marine Corps ...
Stripes Okinawa
February 7, 2017
The new stealth fighters from Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni began flying near Okinawa this week, a Marine Corps statement said.
The Japan Times
February 5, 2017
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga visited Yamaguchi Prefecture on Sunday to get formal consent for the transfer of U.S. carrier-based aircraft from Atsugi air base in Kanagawa Prefecture to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. In a meeting in Iwakuni ...
Aerotech News (blog)
February 3, 2017
"We are excited to join the forward-deployed naval forces at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in the amazing city of Iwakuni," said Cmdr.
SEAPOWER Magazine Online
February 2, 2017
"We are excited to join the forward-deployed naval forces at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in the amazing city of Iwakuni," said Cmdr.
Stars and Stripes
February 1, 2017
The Navy bolstered its airborne radar and detection capabilities in the Pacific with the Thursday arrival of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 125 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. Cmdr. Daniel Prochazka, commanding officer of CarrierÃÂ ...
Stripes Japan
January 30, 2017
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni personnel conducted a spill training exercise with the Maritime Disaster Prevention Center in the south retention pond at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 27, 2017.
Stripes Japan
January 27, 2017
Berg also said the exercise provides the opportunity to train with equipment in conditions that are not normally available to them at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni while reinforcing skills the Marines learned throughout their military occupational ...
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