Photo by Staff Sgt. Shannon Doherty | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 10.31.2024
Japan Air Self-Defense Force members and U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Aircraft Group 12 stand along the flight line to send off U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Matthew C. Gaede, the commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312, MAG-12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, during exercise Keen Sword 25 at JASDF Komatsu Air Base, Oct. 31, 2024. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Shannon Doherty | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 10.31.2024
Japan Air Self-Defense Force members stand along the flight line behind U.S. Marines and an F/A-18D Hornet aircraft to send off Lt. Col. Matthew C. Gaede, commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, during exercise Keen Sword 25 at JASDF Komatsu Air Base, Japan, Oct. 31, 2024. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Shannon Doherty | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 10.31.2024
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Matthew Hamtak, a pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312, tours the inside of a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 aircraft with a member of the JASDF during exercise Keen Sword 25 at JASDF Komatsu Air Base, Oct. 28, 2024. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel,......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Shannon Doherty | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 10.31.2024
U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and Japan Air Self-Defense Force members with the 303rd and 306th Tactical Fighter Squadrons pose for a photo during exercise Keen Sword 25 at JASDF Komatsu Air Base, Japan, Oct. 31, 2024. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel,......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Shannon Doherty | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 10.31.2024
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Matthew C. Gaede, right, the commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, poses for a photo with Japan Air Self-Defense Force Lieutenant Colonel Yudai Kobayashi, commanding officer of the 306th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 6th Air Wing, during exercise Keen Sword 25 at JASDF Komatsu Air Base,......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Shannon Doherty | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 10.31.2024
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Matthew C. Gaede, right, commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and Japan Air Self-Defense Lieutenant Colonel Yuki Kuraoka, commanding officer of the 303rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 6th Air Wing, pose for a photo during exercise Keen Sword 25 at JASDF Komatsu Air Base, Japan, Oct. 31,......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Shannon Doherty | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 10.31.2024
Japan Air Self-Defense Force Colonel Tsuji Ura, flight group commander for the 303rd and 306th Tactical Fighter Squadrons, 6th Air Wing, holds a signed photo of a formation of U.S. Marine Corps and JASDF aircraft during exercise Keen Sword 25 at JASDF Komatsu Air Base, Japan, Oct. 31, 2024. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Shannon Doherty | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 10.31.2024
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Matthew Gaede, right, commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, shakes hands with Japan Air Self-Defense Force Colonel Tsuji Ura, flight group commander for the 303rd and 306th Tactical Fighter Squadrons, 6th Air Wing, during exercise Keen Sword 25 at JASDF Komatsu Air Base, Japan, Oct. 31,......
