Photo by Sgt. Gabriel Antwiler | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 01.25.2026
U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing play a game of Uno during Nansei Sword 26 at Landing Zone Falcon, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 25, 2026. Nansei Sword 26 was designed to provide realistic training that increases the combat readiness of MAG-36 through exercising communication setup and utilization and providing......
Photo by Sgt. Gabriel Antwiler | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 01.25.2026
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Layton Smith, left, and Lance Cpl. Tristen Nonne both gunners with 3d Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing aim a FIM-92 Stinger during Nansei Sword 26 at Landing Zone Dodo, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 25, 2026. Nansei Sword 26 was designed to provide realistic training that increases the combat readiness of MAG-36......
Photo by Sgt. Gabriel Antwiler | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 01.25.2026
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Layton Smith, left, and Lance Cpl. Tristen Nonne, both gunners with 3d Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, sight into a FIM-92 Stinger during Nansei Sword 26 at Landing Zone Dodo, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 25, 2026. Nansei Sword 26 was designed to provide realistic training that increases the combat......
Photo by Sgt. Gabriel Antwiler | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 01.25.2026
U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. Bryan Perez, a bulk fuel specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, connects a fuel line to a pump during Nansei Sword 26 at Landing Zone Dodo, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 25, 2026. Nansei Sword 26 was designed to provide realistic training that increases the combat readiness of MAG-36 through exercising......
Photo by Sgt. Gabriel Antwiler | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 01.25.2026
U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, establishe a forward arming and refueling point during Nansei Sword 26 at Landing Zone Dodo, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 25, 2026. Nansei Sword 26 was designed to provide realistic training that increases the combat readiness of MAG-36 through exercising communication setup and utilization......
Photo by Sgt. Gabriel Antwiler | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 01.25.2026
U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, establishe a forward arming and refueling point during Nansei Sword 26 at Landing Zone Dodo, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 25, 2026. Nansei Sword 26 was designed to provide realistic training that increases the combat readiness of MAG-36 through exercising communication setup and utilization......
Photo by Cpl. Renee Gray | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.12.2025
A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, lands during a helicopter outlying field training event for Exercise Steel Knight 25 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 12, 2025. The FARP operations support 3rd MAW distributed aviation operations by enabling rotary and......
Photo by Cpl. Renee Gray | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.12.2025
U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper’s assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, take-off during a helicopter outlying field training event for Exercise Steel Knight 25 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 12, 2025. The FARP operations support 3rd MAW distributed aviation operations by enabling rotary and......
