Photo by Lt. Sara Wedemeyer | Patrol Squadron 46 | 05.10.2025
KEFLAVÍK, Iceland (May 10, 2025) - Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Desmond Erickson, assigned to the ‘Totems’ of Patrol Squadron (VP) 69, adjusts his cranial during an engine turn evolution at Keflavík Air Base, Iceland, May 10, 2025. VP-46 and VP-69 are on a joint deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to support warfighting effectiveness, lethality and readiness of......
Photo by Cpl. Chloe Johnson | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 03.25.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jose Gonzalesargeueta, a fixed-wing aircraft mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, inspects an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 25, 2025. VMFA-214, an F-35B squadron from MCAS Yuma, Arizona, deployed to augment MAG-12, 1st MAW under the Unit Deployment......
Photo by Cpl. Chloe Johnson | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 03.25.2025
Armed U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing prepare to takeoff from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 25, 2025. VMFA-214, an F-35B squadron from MCAS Yuma, Arizona, deployed to augment MAG-12, 1st MAW under the Unit Deployment Program, which provides U.S.-based units with......
Photo by Cpl. Chloe Johnson | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 03.25.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Christopher Pou, an aviation ordnance chief with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, unloads ordnance from a trailer at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 25, 2025. VMFA-214, an F-35B squadron from MCAS Yuma, Arizona, deployed to augment MAG-12, 1st MAW under the Unit Deployment Program, which......
Photo by Cpl. Chloe Johnson | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 03.25.2025
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, prepares to take off from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 25, 2025. VMFA-214, an F-35B squadron from MCAS Yuma, Arizona, deployed to augment MAG-12, 1st MAW under the Unit Deployment Program, which provides U.S.-based units with......
Photo by Cpl. Chloe Johnson | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 03.25.2025
U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing load an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile onto an F-35B Lightning II aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 25, 2025. VMFA-214, an F-35B squadron from MCAS Yuma, Arizona, deployed to augment MAG-12, 1st MAW under the Unit Deployment Program, which provides U.S.-based......
Photo by Cpl. Chloe Johnson | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 03.25.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nestor Acostasmon, a fixed-wing aviation ordnance technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, prepares missiles for loading onto F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, MAG-12, 1st MAW at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 25, 2025. VMFA-214, an F-35B......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Aimee Jordan | 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 03.06.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Caleb Hyatt, middle, commanding officer of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force and other Marines with the 11th MEU fly aboard the amphibious dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) during Quarterly Underway Amphibious Readiness Training 25.2, March 6, 2025. QUART is a joint training exercise designed to develop and sustain essential amphibious......
