Story by Lance Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 11.01.2017
The clashing sound of metal on metal echoes off the canopies on the flight line where Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 stores their F/A-18D Hornets....
Story by Spc. Brianne Kim | 122nd Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 02.20.2017
The Royal Thai and U.S. Air Forces are flying together and conducting multiple training scenarios as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2017. Frequent trainings such as these build greater interoperability between the nations within the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Increased collaboration advances regional security while ensuring effective response abilities to regional crises by bringing together a......
Story by Sgt. Jessica Quezada | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.18.2016
More than a week after touching down in Guam, Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 still hasn’t rolled to a halt. Aircraft maintenance crew members with the squadron have been immersed in 24-hour flight operations -- and sweat induced by subtropical temperatures -- during Exercise Valiant Shield 16, an ongoing field-training exercise here....
Story by Sgt. Jessica Quezada | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 09.07.2016
Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Combat Logistics Company 36 and other elements of Marine Aircraft Group 12 assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, journeyed to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, to participate in Exercise Valiant Shield 2016 from......
Story by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 05.11.2016
Military instructors of the Japanese Joint Staff College located in Tokyo, Japan, visited Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni to learn about Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations May 9, 2016....
Story by Sgt. Antonio Rubio | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 04.08.2016
Military families and children encompass an integral support system for Marines and sailors. Children of service member’s assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 12 participated in Junior Recruit Day at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 8, 2016....
Story by Cpl. Carlos Cruz Jr. | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 12.14.2015
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, reduces noise in the local area with the use of new hush houses.
Story by Lance Cpl. Luis Ramirez | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 06.23.2014
As part of Exercise Southern Frontier 2014, service members traveled to the Beswick Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory of Australia to assist in a community relations event, June 20....
