Story by Pfc. Ryan Persinger | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 09.07.2018
Marines and Sailors of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing compete in the fourth annual Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Suicide Prevention Awareness Softball Tournament Sept. 7, 2018, at MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan....
Story by Pfc. Ryan Persinger | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 06.11.2018
MCAS FUTENMA, Okinawa, Japan - Approximately 20 Marines and Sailors with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing spent the morning volunteering at the Ai-no-Mura Senior Citizens Home in Okinawa, Japan, June 9, 2018....
Story by Lance Cpl. Alexia Lythos | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 05.09.2018
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, deployed several F-35B Lightning II’s for a regularly scheduled aviation training relocation to Misawa Air Base, May 9, 2018. Aircraft training relocations are designed to increase operational readiness and bilateral interoperability for both U.S. and Japanese forces. This training is conducted in......
Story by Sgt. Natalie Dillon | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 04.11.2018
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan – The Vietnam War was unlike any other war. Booby traps, guerrilla warfare, and relentless jungle conditions tested everything Marines knew about warfighting. As a result, the U.S. quickly realized the need for aerial warfare....
Story by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 11.30.2017
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan– From the time when the U.S. Navy began, groups of specifically trained, maritime infantry have accompanied them....
Story by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 10.06.2017
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan– Approximately 100 U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing joined forces with the Armed Forces of the Philippines to support the first iteration of the Philippines-led exercise KAMANDAG, at various sites on the island of Luzon, Philippines, October 2-11, 2017....
Story by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.30.2017
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – For the past three weeks, Misawa Air Base, Japan, hosted U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing during Northern Viper 2017, an annual joint contingency exercise that tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces. The exercise took place at Misawa AB and on the nearby island of Hokkaido, August......
Story by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.23.2017
MISAWA AIR BASE, AOMORI, Japan – Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 “Heavy Haulers” and Combat Logistics Battalion 4 utilized a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter for external-lift training at Draughon Range near Misawa Air Base, Japan, August 21, 2017, during exercise Northern Viper 2017....
