Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni

U.S. Marine Corps Planning F-35B Deployment to CENTCOM Area Of Responsibility To Get “First Taste Of Combat” In 2018

December 28, 2017 David Cenciotti 27

The USMC may have their “baptism of fire” with the F-35B next year. The F-35B, the STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) variant of the Lightning II 5th generation aircraft is expected to deploy to […]

U.S. Marine Corps have just sent their F-35B stealth jets to Japan in first overseas deployment

January 11, 2017 David Cenciotti 1

Iwakuni becomes the first airbase outside the U.S. to host a permanent deployment of US military F-35 stealth jets. On Jan. 9, 2017, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121), an F-35B squadron with 3rd Marine […]

How low can you go with an F/A-18 Hornet?

August 22, 2013 David Cenciotti 2

Aircrew from VMFA(AW)-242, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, are currently deployed to Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, for Exercise Southern Frontier which began Aug. […]

First MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft arrive in Japan

July 23, 2012 David Cenciotti 1

The top picture is particularly interesting as it shows a still “packaged” MV-22 Osprey belonging to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 as it is unloaded from the cargo ship Green Ridge on arrival at […]