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Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni or MCAS Iwakuni (岩国飛行場, Iwakuni hikōjō) (IATA: IWK, ICAO: RJOI) is a joint Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces and United States Marine Corps air station located in the Nishiki river delta, 1.3 NM (2.4 km; 1.5 mi) southeast of Iwakuni Station [1] in the city of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
It relocated to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni at Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan on 28 November after the conclusion of USS Ronald Reagan ' s fall patrol of 2017. [11] VAQ-141 is currently the largest and only permanently forward-deployed electronic attack squadron in the U.S. Navy. [citation needed]
MCAS Iwakuni has an air station that many people in Iwakuni want to be made into a public international airport. However, as of 2009, it is only authorized for military use. [27] Iwakuni is the only US Marine Corps base on Honshu, the main island of Japan.
In 2019, the National Diet of Japan approved the order of 42 STOVL Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft in addition to 135 F-35A model conventional takeoff and landing fighters for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to operate from their land bases; the F-35B is same model aircraft that the US Marines operate from US Navy aircraft carriers ...
Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) is a United States Navy aircraft carrier air wing based at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. The air wing is attached to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. [1] It was initially formed in 1943.
After almost 5 years of combat, MAG-12 was withdrawn from the Republic of Vietnam in February 1970, and reestablished at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan. MAG-12's stay in Japan, though, was short. In May 1972, MAG-12 again deployed to Vietnam and conducted combat operations from Bien Hoa Air Base until finally withdrawing from the war on 29 January 1973 ...
Strike Fighter Squadron 195 (VFA-195), also known as the "Dambusters", is a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter squadron stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. They are a part of Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) and their tail code is NF. Their radio callsign is "Chippy".
Air Station Squadron Omura; Fleet Air Wing 31 (Iwakuni Air Base) Air Rescue Squadron 71 (Atsugi Air Base US-1A, US-2) Air Reconnaissance Squadron 81 (Iwakuni Air Base EP-3, OP-3C) Air Training Support Squadron 91 (Iwakuni Air Base UP-3D, U-36A) Maintenance and Supply Squadron 31; Drone Maintenance Squadron; Air Station Squadron Iwakuni