Story by Betty Snider | Marine and Family Programs | 09.14.2023
Marine Capt. Jergen "Cam" Campbell earns DoD Spirit of Hope Award for work he did while the Suicide Prevention Program officer for Marine Aircraft Group 12 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Japan. He was nominated for the work he did there to boost morale and integrate prevention efforts....
Story by Cpl. Cameron Carawan | 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 02.06.2022
Multiple elements of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force continue to operate in the vicinity of Okinawa during Exercise Noble Fusion, alongside the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) on Feb. 6, 2022. The Noble Fusion team worked together to conduct aircraft refueling, both on the ground and in the air during day and night. Additionally, the team worked with allied helicopters, came......
Courtesy Story | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 10.23.2020
IWAKUNI, Japan. -- On October 16, 2020 Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12 re-designated Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242 as part of the Marine Corps’ ongoing transition process from legacy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft to the newer 5th generation F-35B Lightning II. This transition is in accordance with mutual agreements between the U.S. and......
Story by Lance Cpl. Tyler Harmon | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 06.29.2020
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan- U.S. Marines and Japanese Airmen participated in a combined search and rescue exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 29, 2020. Service members with Marine Aircraft Group 12, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force honed their skills to improve overall coordination between units in the event......
Story by Sgt. Joseph Abrego | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 05.05.2019
For more than four decades, live aircraft performances, hot food, cold beverages, and service members from the U.S. and Japan have created opportunities for new experiences and everlasting memories through a single-day air show which, over the years, has evolved into a multi-generational tradition: 43rd JMSDF/MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day 2019....
Story by Cpl. Andrew Jones | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 03.06.2019
IWAKUNI CITY, Japan (February 5, 2019) -- U.S. service members with Marine Aircraft Group 12 volunteered during a lantern festival at the Go! Go! Track and Field at the Atago Sports Complex in Iwakuni City, February 3, 2019....
Story by Lance Cpl. Richard Limone | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 10.24.2018
U.S. Marine Cpl. Caleb Warren, an aviation operation specialist with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225, rescued two civilians while manning his post as the duty noncommissioned officer at a hotel near Tumon Bay, Guam, Oct. 8, 2018....
Story by Lance Cpl. Seth Rosenberg | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 09.25.2018
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Peter Jacobson, an aviation ordnance technician with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, noticed a problem with corrosion of a bucket housing cover on the F35B Lightning II jet. He used additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D printing, to make an infrared countermeasure bucket housing cover preventing corrosion in the bucket housing while in Japan, where......
