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MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, hosted on May 4, 2025, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force-Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day, which is held annually to strengthen relationships with the host ...

IWAKUNI, Yamaguchi -- Aerial acrobatics and ground attractions drew some 130,000 people, according to organizers, to the annual Friendship Day festival at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni ...

VMFA-214’s F-35s have deployed to Japan in place of long-running F/A-18 Hornet detachments, which reinforce the U.S. Marine Corps squadrons permanently based in the region. Marine Fighter Attack ...

Iwakuni Mayor Yoshihiko ... response capabilities of the Japan-U.S. alliance. He expressed his appreciation of Fukuda's approval of the plan. The U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force currently deploy ...

F-35C Lightning IIs are set to forward-deploy to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. (MC3 Ethan J. Soto/Navy) The Navy is forward-deploying F-35C Lightning II and CMV-22B Osprey aircraft to ...

(Mainichi/Shinnosuke Kyan) IWAKUNI, Yamaguchi -- Japan's defense ministry announced July 15 that CMV-22 Osprey transport aircraft and F-35C stealth fighters will be deployed at the Marine Corps ...

U.S. forces in Japan said Monday that the Navy's CMV-22 Osprey transport aircraft will be deployed at the Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture. This will mark the first Osprey deployment at the ...

1—MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — The flagship stealth fighter ... painted F-35B aircraft to showcase the new squadron logo, a black bat on the aircraft topside, group spokesman ...